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USCIS Is Phasing Out Online Self-Scheduled InfoPass Appointments
As your immigration attorney I try to take care of as much of your application process and answer as many of your questions as I can. On occasion an issue or question arises which requires the attention of an immigration officer. Until recently I would counsel you to schedule an InfoPass appointment to move the […]
New Unlawful Presence Guidelines Increase Vigilance on International Students and Exchange Visitors
Recently a student called my office asking to talk to the “F-1 attorney.” The student was employed using his STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) and his employer was seeking to change his status to H-1B for continued employment. Last year their H-1B petition was accepted in the H-1B lottery only to be denied for various […]
Uncertain U.S. Immigration Future May Still Benefit International Students
As an Italian-American it saddened me to read in The New York Times that Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas may be eliminating its Italian classes. Before I was an immigration attorney I studied Italian and obtained a master’s degree in Italian Studies from Brown University. Even sadder was the cause: a sharp drop […]
Buy American, Hire American Creates Additional Bumps in H-1B Path
Have you ever driven a car on an unpaved road? It’s bumpy, and the path isn’t always clear. This is the situation immigration attorneys and their clients are facing with the H-1B process this year. In the past, once your petition was selected in the H-1B lottery, your chances of receiving the H-1B approval […]
U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS) & Department of Labor (DOL) Announce Further Measures to Detect H-1B Fraud & Tighten Rules
U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS) & Department of Labor (DOL) Announce Further Measures To Detect H-1B Visa Fraud & Tighten Rules While the H-1B petitions submitted for the lottery this cap season were still in transit to the USCIS, both the USCIS and the DOL announced several measures aimed at detecting H-1B visa […]
H-1B Visas: What You Need to Know About Filing in 2019
As a dedicated immigration attorney, I’ve been steadfast in my H-1B visa service and searching for a nugget of good news on this front during the past few years. My search yielded little until this government shutdown. That’s when I realized that both the Department of Labor (DOL) and United States Citizenship and Immigration […]