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Amid layoffs and dwindling job market, the US is seeing a sudden surge in enquiries for the EB-5 visa, around 150 enquiries per day. Within the EB-5 visa procedure, is EB-5 Regional Center Program the fastest route to a Green Card?
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This group of immigrants possesses skills that are highly valuable in today's knowledge-based economy and "forcing them to leave the US is harmful to our nation's long-term economic competitiveness", they said in their letter to USCIS Director Ur Jaddou.
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In a statement on Monday, the federal agency said it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial period to reach the fiscal year 2024 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap), including the advanced degree exemption -- the master's cap.
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Plus, Nova Scotia (Canada) released a new francophone immigration action plan this month and Indians cannot apply for Ecuador’s new Digital Nomad Visa.
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Noncitizens who are physically present in the US have to file Form I-485 (based on a pending or approved immigrant visa petition), to become Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders).
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In August, the Department of Homeland Security approved the final rule that increased the visa fee for immigrants across categories. This was later banned. But the USCIS argue that ban on mandatory fee hike is unprecedented and harmful to the American people.
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The fee hike, if implemented, would have increased the fees of H-1B and L visa holders by 20 percent and 75 percent respectively. The current fee for the visas stand at $460 and will be retained for the time being.
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With the five US consulates in India starting to processing H-1B visas from August 17, many are heaving a sigh of relief. However, the new entry norms by US authorities have created some confusion for others.
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The immigration agency had planned to furlough 13,000 of its employees starting August 30, 2020 due to lack of funding
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In August, DHS approved the final rule, which increase the fee across all categories including work visa such as H-1B and L-1 and also naturalisation. Final Rule was first introduced in November 2019.
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The pact allows the departments to share and access information about immigrant and non-immigrant petition records.
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Indian firms have begun to reduce their dependence on the H-1B visa given the fact that the US has been contemplating a change in the visa policy since a couple of years.
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Usually an entrepreneurial visa with an initial investment of USD 500,000 and a promise to create at least ten full time jobs in the US, the EB-5 visa has been seen as a sure shot chance at a US Green Card.
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The Trump administration plans to revise the definition of employment and ‘specialty occupations’ under the H-1B visas, a move which could have an adverse impact on Indian IT companies in the US.
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PROVE claims to use a professional networking framework, which processes user profiles to match location, industry, and skills of the user, to generate real-time employment recommendations.
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As part of an agreement, US agencies will share more information with each other to facilitate fraud detection.
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The USCIS received 190,098 H-1B visa applications petitions during the filing period for FY19, against a maximum provision of 65,000 visas, plus 20,000 for those with a US Master’s degree.
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The report of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has also refuted the impression that those who applied for the visa were not highly qualified.
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Suspension of premium processing and a small error in printing the current classifications of visas, is causing anxiousness amongst H1B workers employed by the IT outsourcing companies.
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The US had last week said it will be temporarily suspending premium processing of H-1B visas from April 3, eliminating the option of shorter waiting period for the programme that helps highly skilled foreigners work at American firms.
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions from April 3. The suspension may last up to 6 months.
