Immigration Blog

The United States is set to lift the COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors. The White House has announced that starting November 8, international travelers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, including air travelers from the Schengen countries in Europe, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil, would be allowed entry into the […]

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USCIS has conducted a second H-1B lottery for FY 2022! USCIS has sent notifications to certain employers and their immigration attorneys informing them that certain H-1B cap registrations submitted by them in March 2021 have been selected for submission in a recently conducted selection of reserve registrations. The second H-1B lottery was held on July […]

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USCIS has announced that it will accept resubmitted FY 2021 H-1B cap petitions that were rejected or administratively closed solely because the requested start date was after October 1, 2020. Petitioners whose FY 2021 petition was rejected or administratively closed solely because the petition, while being based on a H-1B cap registration selected in FY […]

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USCIS has extended the flexibilities that are currently made available to applicants and petitioners in certain response and appeal submissions. USCIS will, for Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) dated till September 30, 2021, consider any responses submitted within 60 calendar days after the response deadline mentioned in the RFE […]

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USCIS has recently announced that it is increasing the validity period for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain Adjustment of Status (AOS) applicants from one year to two years. An AOS applicant may, along with Form I-485 AOS application, file a Form I-765 seeking an EAD to be able to work in […]

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