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 Evidence (RFE responses)
Going through the Immigration process can at times be confusing and complicated. Certainly, the immigration process in the United States involves multiple government agencies, each with distinct roles and responsibilities. The three key agencies that you should be aware of include: USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) USCIS is a part of the Department of...
USCIS continues to expand its premium processing service, and this now includes work authorizations filed by F-1 students. Students who have a pending I-765 application will have the option to file their work authorizations in Premium Processing beginning March 6, 2023. This includes the following categories: (c)(3)(A) – Pre-Completion OPT; (c)(3)(B) – Post-Completion OPT; and...
During COVID, USCIS had allowed applicants an additional 60 days to respond to certain requests, notices, and appeals, such as RFEs, NOIDs etc. However, USCIS recently stated that this would no longer be the case, which meant that applicants would need to respond by the date stated on the notice. Days later USCIS has once...
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...