Maternity Benefits: Changes to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, under India’s new Social Security Code, 2022 Overview The Ministry of Labour and Employment in India brought substantial changes in Labour Laws, and one of the Code-named Code on Social Security, 2020, was framed. This Social Security Code 2020 subsumed 9 Acts. The Social Security Code… Read more »
An Update on U.S. Visa Appointments and Consular Affairs in India Last week, the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs, Mr. Don Heflin, at the U.S. Embassy in India, provided an update on visa processing in India. He described the steps they are taking across Mission India to reduce the visa appointment wait and processing time… Read more »
The most common form of employment on an H-1B visa in the U.S. is full-time employment with a single employer. However, the regulations permit “concurrent employment.” This means that more than one employer can engage the services of an H-1B worker in certain circumstances. An H-1B petition filed to authorize an H-1B worker to be… Read more »
Students on OPT status do not need new work visa if they do not need new work visa if they do not have to leave the US. The US mission in India has recently announced that a record 82,000 student visas have been issued in 2022 and Indian students have received more US student visas… Read more »
Premium Processing Services Extended to Additional I-140 Pending Cases The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend premium processing services to additional pending cases. This third phase is similar to the first and second phases and will apply to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications…. Read more »
The Nuts and Bolts of A Family Based Green Card Process. In our last article we wrote about who can be sponsored for a US green card as a family member. A US citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder) may file Form I-130 petition for the foreign national relative, with the US Citizenship… Read more »
FY 2023 H-1B Cap Apparently Reached It appears that the H-1B CAP has been reached for FY 2023. Over the past several days, we have noted that the USCIS is sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts. The USCIS can only send a non-selection notice to a properly submitted H-1B registration once they have determined… Read more »
USCIS Will No Longer Accept Combined Fee Payments For EB-5, Immigrant Investor Program Petitions The USCIS has announced that going forward they will no longer accept combined fee payment of Form I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor) or Form I-526E (Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor), filed with Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence… Read more »
Premium Processing for Multinational Manager/Executive and National Interest Waiver Petitions Premium processing is welcome news for I-140 beneficiaries and their sponsoring employers given that many of these cases may have been waiting for several months and even years, preventing thousands of foreign nationals from achieving their permanent residence in the U.S. Newly filed I-140 petitions will continue to remain ineligible for premium processing at this time…. Read more »
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