United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCIS to allow Employment Authorization for Some H-4 Spouses

13:11 14/03/2015
Good news for some. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will permit H-4 spouses of certain H-1B principal non-immigrants to receive employment authorization in the US from 26 May 2015...

Infosys pays $34m to US immigration but denies visa abuse

10:33 06/11/2013
The Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys has agreed to pay $34m in settlement of a case brought against it by the US Department of State, US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of...

USCIS holds lottery to pick successful H-1B applications

12:35 15/04/2013
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has held a lottery to decide which H-1B applications for the 2014 fiscal year will be approved. Each year, the US issues 65,...

USCIS introduces online policy manual

10:50 10/01/2013
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun the introduction of an online manual that will inform and guide all its staff worldwide. It is hoped that this will lead to...

US H-1B visas may not last - Apply now!

13:04 20/04/2012
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, as of 13 April 2012, it has already received 20,600 H-1B cap-subject petitions. Additionally, they have received 9,700 H-1B visa...

USCIS reports increase in H-1B visa applications compared to last year

12:43 12/04/2012
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported a large increase in skilled foreign worker H-1B visa applications during the first week of this year's application season. USCIS has received...

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