Effortless Green Card Access

  • Posted on May 16, 2024
  • /Under NIW
The National Interest Waiver Pathway The National Interest Waiver (NIW) has emerged as a beacon of hope for highly skilled individuals seeking permanent residency in the United States. This visa category, falling under the EB-2 classification, offers a unique pathway for foreign nationals with exceptional abilities to bypass traditional employer sponsorship and labor certification requirements, expediting their journey to a green card. A New Era for Talent and Expertise Recent policy changes from the current administration have significantly expanded the eligibility criteria for NIWs, extending opportunities to individuals across various fields beyond STEM.…Read More Breaking News

National Interest Waiver (NIW)

  • Posted on June 15, 2023
  • /Under EB2
Please sign in on your google gmail to proceed Loading… The EB-2, is a green card visa for foreign nationals which falls under the employment-based immigration: second preference category (EB-2) and consisting of subcategories: 1. EB-2, First subcategory: Advanced degree 2. EB-2, Second subcategory: Exceptional Ability 3. EB-2, Third subcategory: National Interest Waiver Pursuant to §1153(2)(B)(i) of the United States Code provides for National Interest Waiver which states that if the Attorney General deems fit that the foreign national work to be in the national interest of the United States, waive the below…Read More Breaking News

EB1A Visa Eligibility Criteria – A Complete Guide

  • Posted on June 7, 2023
  • /Under EB1
Please sign in on your google gmail to proceed Loading… The EB1A is a green card visa for foreign nationals which falls under the employment-based immigration: first preference category (EB-1). The EB1A visa is restrained only to foreign nationals of extraordinary ability in work fields of sciences, arts, education, business or athletics. The definition of “extraordinary ability” is defined as a level of expertise indicating that the individual is one of the small percentage who have risen to the very top of the field of endeavor (§ 204.5 (h)(2) of the Code of…Read More Breaking News

Reminder: For Form I-485, submit all required initial evidence and supporting documentation, including Form I-693.

Save time by filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, along with all required initial evidence and supporting documentation mentioned under the "Checklist of Required Initial Evidence" section. (The checklist is an optional tool to utilize as you construct your form, but does not substitute statutory, regulatory, and form instruction requirements). If you submit the needed initial evidence and supporting documents with Form I-485, we may not need to issue a Request for Evidence (RFE) to acquire additional proof and documentation. If we conclude that you do not need…Read More Breaking News

Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visa Cap Exceeded for the First Half of FY 2023

  • Posted on February 7, 2023
  • /Under H2B
Under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 18,216 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2023 with start dates on or before March 31, 2023. They are still accepting petitions for H-2B nonimmigrant workers for the 20,000 additional visas available to nationals of Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. They just began accepting H-2B petitions under the temporary final rule issued on December 15, which increased…Read More Breaking News

The initial registration period for the FY 2024 H-1B cap begins on March 1

  • Posted on February 1, 2023
  • /Under H1B
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services stated today that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap will begin at noon Eastern on March 1 and will end at noon Eastern on March 17, 2023. Prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using the online H-1B registration system during this time. Each registrant for the FY 2024 H-1B cap will be assigned a confirmation number. This number is only used to track registrations; it cannot be used to track the status of your…Read More Breaking News

The USCIS extends the validity of Green Cards for Conditional Permanent Residents who have a pending Form I-751 or Form I-829.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) for petitioners who properly file Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, or Form I-829, Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status, for 48 months beyond the card's expiration date. This adjustment took effect on January 11, 2023 for Form I-829 and on January 25, 2023 for Form I-751. This modification is being made to accommodate the current processing timeframes for Forms I-751 and I-829, which have grown…Read More Breaking News

USCIS Announces Premium Processing Expansion for EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions, as well as Future Expansion for F-1 Students Seeking OPT and Certain Student and Exchange Visitors

  • Posted on January 16, 2023
  • /Under EB1
The third phase of the premium processing expansion for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications is being implemented by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Unlike previous phases of the expansion, this phase applies to new (initial) petitions as well as all previously filed Form I-140 petitions seeking a national interest waiver under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability (NIW). Petitioners who want to request premium processing must use Form I-907, Request…Read More Breaking News

The National Interest Waiver is one of the best options to get a green card

  • Posted on January 2, 2023
  • /Under NIW
The National Interest Waiver, (NIW) acts as exoneration for people wo have an advanced degree or have exceptional abilities in their field of work, whereby a labor certification process or job offer in the United States is not required. The two can be waived if they can prove how the US will benefit from their academic and professional contribution. As no labor certification nor job offer is required it is safe to say that the NIW is an alternative to an employer sponsored green card. However, when an employer is employing a non-citizen,…Read More Breaking News

EB1A – How to get a green card through extraordinary ability

  • Posted on December 25, 2022
  • /Under EB1
The EB1A is an immigrant visa for people with extraordinary abilities in certain fields. This visa is focused on foreigners living or coming in the US having extraordinary ability in arts, sciences, business, education and athletics. Having an extraordinary ability also refer to being among the few that has risen to the top and to ascertain so, the person should provide evidence of their one-time achievement such as possessing a national or international acclaim, an award winning prize a noble prize, a Pulitzer prize, or even an Oscar winning prize or meet requirements…Read More Breaking News

DACA is back! Trump administration could not block DACA

In an amazing decision, seems DACA is back. Roberts wrote the court does "not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies," but said the Department of Homeland Security should revisit the issue. "We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action. Here the agency failed to consider the conspicuous issues of whether to retain forbearance and what if anything to do about the hardship to DACA recipients," he wrote for the majority. "That dual failure raises doubts about whether the…Read More Breaking News

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions. If you received a request for evidence (RFE) for a pending petition, you should include the RFE response with the premium processing request. When an H-1B petitioner properly requests the agency’s premium processing service, USCIS guarantees a 15-day processing time. If we do not take certain adjudicative action within the 15‑calendar day processing time, USCIS refunds the petitioner’s premium processing service fee and continues with expedited processing of the petition. If Your H-1B Petition Was Transferred If you received a transfer…Read More Breaking News

O1 Visa alternative to H1B

  • Posted on February 18, 2019
  • /Under H1B
Many don't know that they might qualify for an O1 visa. O-1 Visa: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for the individual who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements. The O nonimmigrant classification is commonly referred to as: O-1A: individuals with an extraordinary ability in the sciences, education, business, or athletics (not including the arts, motion pictures…Read More Breaking News