You will be called in for a personal interview, which will be held at a uSCIS office near you. USCIS will send you and your accompanying relatives an appoint­ment notice, usually about two weeks in advance of the interview. If you have an attorney, he or she may come with you to the interview. (Even […]

Getting an H-1B visa is a two – to four – step process: • First, your U. S. employer files a Labor Condition Attestation (LCA) with the u. s. Department of Labor (dol) • second, your u. s. employer files what’s called a visa petition on US – CIs Form I-129. If you’re already in […]

L-1 visas are available only to employees of companies outside the U. S. that have related u. s. branches, subsidiaries, affili­ates, or joint venture partners. There is also a special category for international accounting firms. For visa purposes, these terms have specific definitions. a. Branches Branches are simply different operat­ing locations of the same company. […]

If, prior to graduation, you accept practi­cal training employment that is a required part of your studies, as is frequently done by students on fellowships, only 50% of your employment time will be deducted from the allotted 12-month total. Practi­cal training in this special situation is called curricular practical training, and has the effect of […]

Just as nonimmigrant visas vary in pur­pose, they also vary as to how long they last. Each nonimmigrant visa is given an expiration date, according to what the law allows for that particular category. Most nonimmigrant visas can be extended a certain number of times. The number and length of these exten­sions also vary according […]