When the U.S. citizen is living in the U.S. and the beneficiary (the person the U.S. Citizen will marry) is outside the U.S., the U.S. citizen can file an application…
We just had an B-1 visa approval in Melbourne, Australia. The applicant was granted a B-1 business visitor visa in order to come to the United States to investigate E-2 investment…
We just had a fiancée visa approval with USCIS. When the U.S. citizen is living in the U.S. and the beneficiary (the person the U.S. Citizen will marry) is outside the…
The State Department announced on June 13, 2019 that, due to high demand, a cutoff date of May 1, 2017 will be applied for Indian EB-5 applications. Every year, Congress…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for a TN visa for a Canadian national. The applied by crossing the U.S. border and paying a $50 fee. You can find…
USCIS has released data for the first half of fiscal year 2019 confirming that denial and RFE rates have continued to increase for nonimmigrant visa applications such as the H-1B,…
USCIS announced that starting on June 10, 2019, it will accept premium processing requests for all remaining FY 2020 H-1B Cap cases. Premium processing costs $1410 and guarantees that USCIS will take…
The U.S. Embassy in New Zealand announced that starting on June 10, 2019, eligible New Zealand companies and nationals will be able to apply for the E-1 Treaty Trader and…
We just had an E-3 visa approval at the U.S. Embassy in London for an Executive of a media company. The applicant was applying for a replacement E-3 visa due to…
The Department of Homeland Security have submitted a proposal to charge an unknown amount of fee for companies registering foreign nationals for the upcoming H-1B cap online registration system. Starting…
USCIS have announced today that it has began to accelerate USCIS’ transition into a digital business model. Starting today, Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status can now be filed…
We just received an H-1B approval from USCIS for a cap-subject H-1B. The applicant is a Nanotechnology Engineer and has a Master's Degree from a U.S. University. The employer is…
USCIS has announced on May 17, 2019 that is has completed all data entry for fiscal year 2020 H-1B cap-subject lottery selection. USCIS has also announced that this year, they…
A Presidential Memorandum was released on April 22 directing the Departments of State and Homeland Security to recommend ways to reduce the number of visitor visa and visa waiver program…
We just had an E-3 employee visa approval at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver. The applicant was granted the visa for 2 years and the business is an aerospace consulting…
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has implemented policy to no longer process L visa renewal applications for Canadian nationals at border and port of entries. The L nonimmigrant…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had a TN visa approval at John F. Kennedy International Airport for a software engineer. The visa was approved for 3 years for a Canadian national who…
USCIS has received sufficient number of petitions for the congressionally-mandated 20,000 H-1B master cap for FY 2020. The 65,000 regular cap was reached last week. USCIS has also announced that…
USCIS has received sufficient number of petitions for the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for FY 2020. USCIS will now determine whether it has received sufficient number of petitions…
USCIS will unveil a new website on April 1, 2019 that will expand on the amount of H-1B petitioner data available to the public. The new website will reportedly allow…