Marriage and Preference Category Change
Under the Preference System of the Immigration Act of 1990, a prospective immigrant’s preference category can downgrade as a result of marriage. The family-sponsored preference categories include: 1) Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citize
Global Entry
The Global Entry Program is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection system similar to NEXUS and SENTRI. Global Entry provides an opportunity for low-risk, frequent traveling US citizens to move rapidly through customs clearance upon return to the
Diversity Lottery
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, also known as diversity lottery, is a program that offers a limited number of immigrant visas (50,000) every year to immigrants from countries that have historically proven to have a low immigration rate to
Articles of Interest
Diversity Lottery– click here to read more. Visa Bulletin Nov 2014– click here to read more. Harvard student who took dying mom to Mexico gets humanitarian visa– click here to read more. Obama’s Immigration Executive Order Would Follow
What To Do if Your H-1B is Denied
For the fiscal year 2015 filing period, from April 1, 2014, to April 7, 2014, approximately 172,500 H-1B petitions were filed. As USCIS received 87,500 more petitions than it could otherwise accept, a lottery was conducted to determine which t
When to file STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) OPT Extensions
Optional practical training (OPT) for F-1 students is typically limited to twelve months and must be completed within fourteen months of the student’s graduation. However, some students may be eligible for an additional seventeen months of OPT
Information Regarding the Visa Waiver Program for Certain Foreign Nationals
In order to facilitate tourism and short term business visits to the United States, Congress passed legislation in 1986 to create the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The VWP allows citizens of participating countries to travel to the United States wi
National Interest Waiver for Physicians
The Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges has noted that there are widespread shortages of primary care doctors, as less than 25 percent of new physicians are entering the primary care field, while a small fraction, only 4.8 pe