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HR Guide: How layoffs impact Foreign National Employees' PERM process?
How layoffs impact the PERM process of foreign national employees on work visas
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Raj Singh
- Apr 26, 2022
- 7 min
HR Guide: Employment Based Green Card
What are the steps of the Green Card Process? PERM, I-140 & I-485
What is the timeline for the Green Card process? 3 - 27 years
Emily McIntosh
- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
Processing Times for PERM in 2022
What is PERM? PERM is the abbreviation for “Program Electronic Review Management”. This is the first step when filing the Green Card or...
Raj Singh
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
House Reconciliation Bill - How new immigration measures may impact you, your company/employees?
The house committee is considering voting on the reconciliation bill that entails possible changes to immigration process and costs.
Raj Singh
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
USCIS Updates Policy to Improve Immigration
USCIS improves RFE and NOID rules
and increases the validity period for EAD to 2 years. New rules will benefit H-1B employees.
Satya Mishra
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
Green Card Update: June 2021 Visa Bulletin promising for Indian & Chinese Nationals
June 2021 visa bulletin shows EB2 jumps 4 months for Indians and 6 months for Chinese nationals. EB3 jumps 9 months for Indians.
Emily McIntosh
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Alert: U.S. to restrict travel from India from Tuesday
The Biden administration announced today (April 30, 2021) that U.S. will restrict travel from India starting Tuesday (May 04, 2021).
Raj Singh
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Processing Times for PERM in 2021
What is PERM? PERM is the abbreviation for “Program Electronic Review Management”. This is the first step when filing the Green Card or...
Emily McIntosh
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
USCIS increases Premium Processing Fee to $2500
USCIS announced on October 16, 2020 that effective October 19, 2020 the cost for Premium Processing has gone up from $1,440 to $2,500 for...
Raj Singh
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
November 2020 Visa Bulletin promising for Indian & Chinese Nationals
The visa bulletins issued by the Department of State (DOS) each month are to show the availability and movement in different green card...
Satya Mishra
- Sep 26, 2020
- 4 min
October 2020 Visa Bulletin: Impact on Indian & Chinese Nationals | Rapid Processing Expected in 2021
USCIS has announced that it would consider “Dates of Filing” chart in October for acceptance of change of status.
Emily McIntosh
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
USCIS Adjusts Fees to Help Meet Operational Needs
DHS is adjusting USCIS fees by a weighted average increase of 20% to help recover its operational costs starting Oct 02, 2020
Emily McIntosh
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
USCIS to Furlough close to 70% of its Staff & Suspend Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is sending furlough notices to about 69% of its staff.
Emily McIntosh
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Presidential Proclamation: Suspension of Legal Immigration from outside the U.S.
President Trump, on June 22, signed an Executive Order posing restrictions on legal immigration
Raj Singh
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Green Card Backlog: Things you need to know
The path to green card is complex and lengthy depending on country of birth and visa category.
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