Participation in USCIS site visits is now mandatory. These site visits include employer’s offices, client sites, and even remote workers’ homes. If employers don’t cooperate, H-1Bs can be denied or revoked, meaning if an officer from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shows up at your door, you will need to co-operate with them, or...
USCIS Requests for Further Evidence General Information
Jun92021
On June 9, 2021, USCIS announced some important policy changes as well as their intention to start issuing 2-year EADs (Employment Authorization Document) for certain adjustment of status applicants. 2- year EADs Certain adjustment of status applicants will now receive a 2-year EAD, instead of just a 1-year card. Although adjustment of status applicants are...
Mar272020
Finally, both DOL and USCIS are showing a willingness to relax their requirements in an effort to help Employers timely respond to requests for information during the COVID-19 pandemic. DOL The DOL has announced the following temporary measures to allow Employers to continue to comply with its regulations: Extension for deadlines: DOL has extended the...
Requests for Further Evidence commonly referred to as RFEs have become commonplace in the Immigration world, particularly for employment-based petitions such as H-1Bs and L-1s. In FY 2018 the number of RFEs skyrocketed and this trend continued into FY 2019. This increase in challenges from USCIS is largely due to various policy issues by USCIS...