By LIZ ROBBINS Shruthi Aramandla’s education and her job are geared to New York City’s skyline. She did not want to go back to her native India and start all over again. Ms. Aramandla, 24, who has a master’s degree from the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University, […]
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H-1B Season is Rapidly Approaching – Plan Now for Filing New H-1B Petitions on April 1, 2016
13 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
In less than three months, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions filed under the Fiscal Year 2017 (October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017) H-1B quota. No more than 85,000 new H-1B visa numbers, which include 20,000 Master’s exempt numbers, are available for the […]
On October 19, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule to provide a longer period of Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment authorization to certain qualifying F-1 students. The proposed rule change will allow F-1 nonimmigrant student visa holders with degrees in science, […]
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule to extend the period of F-1 post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) from 12 months to 29 months for graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). On August 12, 2015, the U.S. District Court […]