DOL and USCIS team up to gut H1B program
The USDOL (Department of Labor), and the USCIS – an agency of the Department of Homeland Security – have teamed up to effectively gut the H1B specialty worker program. In […]
Practical effects of the Supreme Court’s DACA decision
© Farhad Sethna 2020 On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a decision that will certainly stay written into the history of DACA forever. On that day, a 5 […]
USCIS defers H-1b selection rule – for now
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney The USCIS has deferred for one year at least – the proposed pre-filing H-1b selection rule that I wrote about earlier on this blog. Under that […]
Pre-Registration for H-1b applications? How will it help?
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2018 The USCIS published a notice on November 30, 2018 in the Federal Register stating that it would select H-1b cases to process through a […]
USCIS warning that CAP-GAP coverage ends September 30
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2018 The USCIS announced yesterday (September 28, 2018) that F-1 students who had applied for a Change of Status to H-1b under the FY 2019 quota […]
Traps set for OPT and STEM-OPT students by USCIS/SEVIS – some key things to know
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 USCIS and SEVIS / SEVP have set several traps for unsuspecting international students and overworked school officials and DSO’s: In postings revised August 17, 2018, […]
International Entrepreneur Rule Dies
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 We already knew this, but in the current administration, talk is cheap. The goal of this administration, and the platform on which the president ran […]
DACA Reinstated – Apply QUICKLY!
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 Breaking news per the USCIS website – www.USCIS.gov: – Saturday, Jan 13, 2018: To summarize: Following the Federal judge’s decision and nationwide injunction, DACA status […]