Immigration resources for modern teams.

With the lottery season fast approaching, a lot of foreign national employees are looking to understand what it takes to get through the lottery and to file a successful petition with USCIS. Why does H-1B selection happen via lottery? The short answer is because there are more people applying for the H-1B visa than there are visas available. The U.S. government opens 85,000 new H-1B visas every year and there are nearly four times visa applications that are received. So, because of the lack of a

With the lottery season fast approaching, a lot of foreign national employees are looking to understand what it takes to get through the lottery and to file a successful petition with USCIS. Why does H-1B selection happen via lottery? The short answer is because there are more people applying for the H-1B visa than there are visas available. The U.S. government opens 85,000 new H-1B visas every year and there are nearly four times visa applications that are received. So, because of the lack of a

Foreign national employee's H-1B is bound by the work address and job role. Any change in one of these variables, requires H-1B amendment.

If laid off, foreign national employees have a limited time to either find a job or change status, or they risk running out of status.

Employers should track the work authorization expiration dates for their foreign national employees and reverify I-9 forms.

Work visas like the H-1B, L-1A and L-1B have a maximum term limit after which the employer cannot extend their visa. Here's how to calculate

Employers & Foreign National Employees should track the "Admit Until Date" on I-9: how to track, extend and update immigration visa status.

Every foreign national candidate does not have the same needs and expectations. The needs change as the individual progresses through immigration.

E-3 processing times: Petitioning through USCIS: 2-4 weeks vs Applying through U.S. Consulate: 1-3 weeks or 3-10 weeks due to covid.

H-1B Transfer: Can we make an offer or check with the immigration attorney first? This scenario plays out at almost every company.

Almost all the people leaders that we talk to, got immigration added to their repertoire because there was no one else who had the time, capacity and the experience to handle it. This does not mean that you necessarily had the experience to figure out the immigration alphabet soup. Just that you had almost no choice in the matter. But now that you are responsible to keep immigration running, you not only have to drink from the fire-hose learning all things immigration but also have to make

On May 03, 2022 USCIS announced that they are increasing the automatic extension period for EAD from 180 to 540 days