Santhosh Rao, Author at GokareLPO

by Santhosh Rao

GLF monthly newsletter – immigration updates for July 2020

INTRODUCTIONJuly 2020 was a very active month and we posted updates on Google and LinkedIn on these and other issues: ▪ SEVP guidance was modified affecting F-1 students and Harvard/MIT sued DHS and prevailed;▪ Trump’s H-1B Visa Ban was challenged in

by Santhosh Rao

Trump issues executive order – federal agencies barred from hiring H-1B workers

OVERVIEWOn August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order, barring Federal agencies from hiring H-1B and other foreign workers in place of US Citizens or Green Card Holders. This EO directs the heads of federal agencies to review the performance

by Santhosh Rao

GLF monthly immigration update newsletter – June 2020

INTRODUCTIONImmigration has been in a constant state of flux throughout the first half of 2020 as a result of Trump Administration policies and numerous Executive Orders and Proclamations. We have had many changes: H-1B CAP Registration, suspension of entry of those

by Santhosh Rao

Trump suspends entry of immigrants and certain non-immigrants (H-1Bs, H-2Bs, L-1 and J) until December 31, 2020

OVERVIEWOn June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a Proclamation suspending entry of immigrants as well as those on H-1Bs, H-2Bs, L-1, and J until December 31, 2020. This proclamation takes effect Wednesday @ 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (June 24) and expires

by Santhosh Rao

USCIS issues new guidance on employer-employee relationship and contracts for H-1B adjudications

OVERVIEWOn June 17, 2020, USCIS issued a new Policy Memorandum and rescinded two earlier policy Memoranda on Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B petitions including Third-Party Site Placements issued January 8, 2010 (Neufeld Memo) and the Contracts and Itineraries Requirements for

by Santhosh Rao

H-1B CAP SEASON! H-1 electronics registration is officially here for FY2021 H1-B CAP Season!

INTRODUCTIONUSCIS has announced implementation of New H-1B electronic registration process beginning fiscal year 2021, for both Regular and Master’s quota cases. The Registration process will include a $10 H-1B registration fee. Petitioners are now required to first electronically register and pay

by Santhosh Rao

USCIS to increase filing fees by 21 percent

DHS will be publishing a notice adjusting the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Filing Fees. DHS last adjusted the fee schedule on December 23, 2016. The fees would be raised by a weighted average of 21% and would affect most employment-based

by Santhosh Rao

Filing I-485 an aging-out child using filing date chat does not guarantee child will get “Green Card”

GLF has prepared this Newsletter using AILA Practice Pointer (Doc N. 19093001). According to the October 2019 Visa bulletin, USCIS will honor the "Dates for Filing" chart for this month. So, for India (EB-1) filing date is March 15, 2017 while

by Santhosh Rao

State department’s update on visa date movement for EB-1 India

In the last few years we have usually seen full recovery of the EB-1 India Final Action Dates, in October when a new Fiscal year starts. It was anticipated that EB-1 India Final Action visa dates would at least move to

by Santhosh Rao

USCIS issues policy alert redefining “Residence” in statutory provisions related to citizenship

INTRODUCTIONUSCIS issued a Policy Alert (PA-2019-05) on August 28, 2019 to improve definition of “Residence” and also clarify the distinction between Residence and Physical Presence. Many of the statutory provisions related to citizenship require US residence and there were inconsistencies between

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