After entering the country from traveling abroad, you go to access your electronic I-94 online at the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) website. As you stare at the screen, you realize your I-94 has an error on it, or are completely unable to pull up...
The rapid changes in technology have meant that the world is growing smaller every day. With the push of a button, we can communicate with individuals around the world nearly instantaneously. These incredible advancements in technology have meant that...
As HR Professionals, you know all too well that onboarding a new employee involves completing Form I-9 in order to verify the identity and employment authorization of all hired workers. Moreover, certain situations require employers to reverify work...
Thousands of people work in the United States each year under a variety of nonimmigrant visas. Each of these workers must contribute to the social safety net designed to protect people as they reach the age of retirement. However, the vast majority...
Attending a nonimmigrant visa interview can be a daunting process. Seemingly insignificant information verbally provided to the officer or a single document you showed him during the interview may result in a rejection. This is because a visa interview...
This morning, USCIS announced a final rule that will require a $10 non-refundable fee for each H-1B lottery registration submitted by petitioners. This rule is to help subsidize the costs involved with the H-1B lottery pre-registration...
There has been a great deal of attention given to the problems in our immigration system. Much of that attention has been focused on the portion of the system that deals with undocumented persons, the detention system, and the effect it has on people’s...
Our office often gets this question from both first time H-1B holders and H-1B holders needing an extension of their visa – “can I go for H-1B stamping in Mexico or Canada?” Although we usually recommend for applicants to visit their home country for...
Reddy & Neumann, P.C. continues to fight for fair visa adjudication from USCIS. On Friday October 4, we filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging arbitrary and capricious denials of H-1B petitions.
We sued USCIS for unlawfully...
On Friday, October 11, a federal judge in New York issued a nationwide injunction blocking the administration’s “public charge” rule that would disqualify applicants who received public benefits like Medicaid and Food Stamps.
The “public charge” rule,...
The Department of Homeland Security will be implementing its new Public Charge regulation next week impacting individuals filing I-129 petitions for nonimmigrant workers, I-539 applications for nonimmigrants, and I-485 applications to adjust...
In the unfortunate circumstance when an employer must terminate an H-1B worker before the end of the validity period of the worker’s visa, failure to follow the correct procedure can be costly. Recently, a manufacturer and supplier of raw materials...
For most beneficiaries, once their cap-subject case has been approved for a change of status to H-1B on October 1st, they can take a sigh of relief and wait for that October 1st date to come without trepidation. However, for some, an unfortunate situation...
Due to significant backlogging of employment-based visa priority dates, for certain individuals it may be of benefit to choose a lower-tiered employment-based visa category to expedite an individual’s ability to file for adjustment of status...
Below is an in-depth article regarding actions that can be taken when your company receives an employer-employee relationship denial. Reddy & Neumann, P.C.’s Counsel for Litigation Jonathan Wasden and Attorney Steven Brown have prepared...
The “B-1 in lieu of H-1B” is a lesser-known visa category that can be beneficial for many qualified foreign employees. Existing like a hybrid of the B-1 visa and H-1B visa, the “B-1 in lieu of H-1B” category allows a foreign company to send their employees...
When an I-140 is withdrawn, the petitioning company generally avoids any liability they have would toward that I-140 petition, particularly as it relates to ability to pay the Labor Certification wage. Thus, once a company withdraws an I-140 petition--regardless...
As you may recall, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, H.R. 1044, passed the House on July 10, 2019. According to the summary of this bill on Congress.gov, this bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from...
When F-1 students finish their programs of study or post-completion practical training (OPT employment), they have a sixty-day grace period during which they can do the following:
Apply and be accepted to a new academic program.
Apply to change...
Reddy & Neumann, P.C. continues to fight for fair USCIS adjudications.
Today we have sued the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service for unlawfully issuing short H-1B approvals thereby partially denying the H-1B requests. With these...
The U.S. Visa Information Service for India (link: http://ustraveldocs.com/in/index.html?firstTime=No) recently changed their website regarding mandatory interview waiver scheduling, commonly referred to as the “dropbox” option. In an effort to reduce...