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5 Jun
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
Beginning Friday, May 31, 2019, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) requires all nonimmigrant visa applicants to provide information for all social media accounts used within the five years preceding application at U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad. Foster previously reported the DOS’s publishing on May 4, 2017, in the Federal […]
30 May
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
In March of 2019, the Social Security Administration(SSA) resumed issuing “no-match” letters to employers, a practice it had discontinued in 2012. Re-branded as “Employer Correction Requests”, these “no-match” letters are currently being issued to employers with at least one employee whose name and social security number as listed on the […]
29 May
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
Click here to view 2019 June Visa Bulletin The U.S. Department of State (DOS) posted the Monthly Visa Bulletin for June 2019, reflecting slight forward progress in the EB-1 preference category for all chargeability areas except China, which remains the same & India, which retrogressed substantially. EB-2 remains current for all countries […]
20 May
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the agency has completed the initial data entry for all FY-2020 H-1B petitions selected under both the FY-2020 H-1B Master’s and Regular Cap quotas, and the agency will now begin returning those petitions which were not selected in the lottery. Rejected […]
