E-3 status is similar to H-1B but reserved for citizens of Australia. And just like H-1B, there is a limit to the number of E-3 visas available to Australian nationals, but most of these numbers go unused each year. General requirements for E-3 are: Are a national of Australia;Have a legitimate offer of employment in the United States;Possess the necessary academic or other qualifying...
Update 11/21/2023 This is probably the fastest approval for a cap-subject H-1B this year in 8 days. Recent Case Highlight: H-1B Case Filed: 10/10/2023 at Nebraska Service Center Status: Approved Approval Date: 10/18/2023 Processing Duration: Just 8 days! Update 10/30/2023 As we reach the end of the H-1B cap filing season, processing time for cap H-1Bs remains fast. At this point in October,...
This is one of those questions where the answer may seem obvious at first glance but it is difficult to answer without elaborating. When you submit your I-485 application, you are at the final leg of the years-long journey to permanent residency in the U.S. As part of the green card application package, you may also submit I-765 (EAD) and I-131 (advance parole) together with your green card...
Q: When is the registration period? A: Registration starts at noon on March 9, 2021 and ends on noon eastern on March 25, 2021. Q: Do I need an attorney to register for me? A: No, company may register for its employees directly without the use of attorney. They should follow the instructions in the following link: Q: What documents do you need? A: If we are handling the registration process for...
Update, December 8, 2022 Considerations from the employer's perspective when terminating a foreign worker. Original Post, February 15, 2021 We often receive inquiries from clients and first-time callers who just got terminated or have been informed about their last day. Many of them hope for a quick fix but fail to grasp the reality of what is ahead. Only after expectations are properly...
UPDATE 02/24/2021: Prospective petitioners may use H-1B registrant accounts created last year, if applicable. Otherwise, they may begin creating new H-1B registrant accounts in MyUSCIS by selecting the “I am an H-1B registrant” account type, which will become available on March 2, 2021, at noon (ET) and remain available throughout the registration period. USCIS has confirmed that...
USCIS has confirmed that a new rule published during the waning days of the Trump Administration will be delayed. The rule was set to take effect on March 9, 2021 and would have changed the H-1B Lottery process to be wage-based than random selection. Biden's administration later issued memo to delay all "midnight regulations" for 60 days from the date of the memo and granted each agency...
Foreign students can breathe a sigh of relief as a US District Court Judge concluded that DHS did not exceed its statutory authority under the INA in issuing the 2016 STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) rule, and thus found that both the 12-month OPT and the STEM OPT extension programs are lawful. OPT grants foreign student upon graduation the opportunity to work lawfully for one year and...
In response to Ron Klain's Memo to delay all “midnight regulations”, the proposed rule “Removing H-4 dependent spouses from the class of aliens eligible for employment authorization” will not only be delayed but completely withdrawn by the Department of Homeland Security. Although many may now breath a sigh of relief, the current processing time for H-4 EAD is still a huge impediment....
President Biden signed executive order on January 29, 2021 which revokes the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order signed during the Trump era. The BAHA order signed in 2017 led to initiatives that dramatically increased scrutiny of H1B and L1. Overall challenges in the forms of requests for evidence increased at one point to over 60%. Attached is the flyer from USCIS touting its...
