L-1 Blanket Applications At Risk of Higher Denial Rates
Changes to how consulates will adjudicate L-1 applications under a blanket approval included in the new Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) were
Changes to how consulates will adjudicate L-1 applications under a blanket approval included in the new Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) were
On Monday, April 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security said that the U.S., Canada and Mexico have each agreed to extend restrictions
Indian companies are extremely worried in view of President Trump’s tweet about signing an executive order to temporarily suspend
On April 9, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) released an FAQ guide (Round 3) in context of the current Covid-19 situation for guidance to
We understand that in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, employers are facing various issues such as remote work, furloughs, pay cuts and
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued Level 4 – Travel Advisory advising the U.S. citizens to
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new version of Form I–9, Employment Eligibility Verification which is used
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 disease to be a pandemic. The United States now has more than 1000 people infected with coronavirus. In a televised address, the United States President Donald Trump has announced suspension of travel from 26 European countries for the next 30 days in a bid to combat the spread… Read more »
Poorvi conducted a session on “Best Practices to Engage with the U.S.” at the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC)’s Doing Business with the U.S. Seminar on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at a South Mumbai venue. This seminar was organized by the IACC in association with the U.S. Consulate General, Mumbai where the U.S. Consular officials presented… Read more »
Earlier, US employers filed their complete H-1B cap-subject paper petitions with the USCIS, after which, the USCIS would select petitions from the pool through a random selection process. This practice has changed for the FY 2021 H-1B cap filings. The USCIS has introduced a pre-H-1B electronic registration process. Under this new process, the petitioning employers… Read more »