By Farhad Sethna, Attorney ©2016 USCIS just announced (October 24, 2016) that it will increase filing fees across the board for most applications effective December 23, 2016. Applications received or […]
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 At the very outset, let me say that this article is purely my opinion. However, my opinion is based on facts, all of which […]
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney ©2015 The USCIS and the Department of State jointly proposed a “solution” to the huge backlog in priority dates, especially for Employment-Based EB-2 and EB-3 applicants […]
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney © 2015 On August 12, 2015, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in “Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of […]
© Farhad Sethna 2015 On April 7, 2015, the USCIS announced that it had already reached the cap of 65,000 general visas for H-1B as well as the 20,000 “Advanced US […]
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 THE PROBLEM: Until an alien’s “priority date” is current, the alien and any non-US Citizen dependents cannot apply for Adjustment of Status (“green card”) […]
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney, copyright 2014 (No copyright asserted in US Government works or websites) Background: Other articles on this website also discuss this issue. This article is intended to […]
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 In other articles on this blog, I had written about self-sponsorship through a business set up and operated by a foreign student or recent […]