KCBA CLE on Startups- great success!
It was a great honor to be invited to speak on immigration options for startups for the King County Bar Association CLE on Advising Startups. Tahmina’s presentation was well received[…]
H1b for Entrepreneurs- New Developments Hopefully
The Puget Sound Business Journal reports on possible new developments for entrepreneurs using the H1b visa. Read the full article here. Thank you to the PSBJ and Emily Parkhurst for[…]
From One Blogger to Another!
In the olden days, people used to have penpals. Modern technology has made things so much easier and quicker that you don’t have to wait days and months for letters[…]
H1b FY2015 Premium Processing Receipts Have Started
After the random selection of H1b cap cases yesterday, receipts for premium processing cases have started to come through. We just received a receipt from California Service Center via their[…]
172,500 H1b cap-subject applications filed.
The USCIS announced today that 172,500 H1b visa petitions were filed for fiscal year 2015. A random selection/lottery was conducted today April 10. See below for text from USCIS website.[…]
May 2014 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The May 2014 Visa Bulletin was released today. Big jump on F2B for all countries, India and China but not for Mexcio and Philippines. Here is what my readers are[…]
H4 work authorization soon? The White House is working on it!
On April 7th, the White House made several announcements including that current regulations will be reviewed to create new rules for work permits for spouses of certain H1b workers and[…]
H1b FY 2015 Cap Met- Random Selection Coming Soon- no date yet.
USCIS announced today that the quota has been met and a random selection process to be held soon. However, we are not told the date on which the random selection[…]
WIL Out and About
We have been busy juggling H1b deadlines with social engagements (not an easy feat, I can tell you!). Here are some snap shots. On April 4, 2014, One America celebrated[…]
E2 visa now available to citizens of Israel
The E2 visa, which is country specific Treaty Trader visa, was extended to citizens of Israel in 2012 by the US government. However, that needed to be approved by the[…]