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USCIS announced that it has completed the 3rd Random Lottery Selection for H1B 2022 season. First Lottery Selection – March 30, 2021 Second Lottery Selection – July 29, 2021 Third Lottery Selection – Nov 19, 2021 Here’s the actual USCIS Press Release about the 3rd H1B lottery. I’m sure everyone wants to know how many…
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Following H1B stamping experience was shared by Shahrukh from F1 Visa Facebook Group. Here’s my first Time H1B stamping experience in US Consulate in Toronto, Canada (Indian Passport holder with Canada Visitor Visa). First of all, you do not need two separate appointments in Canada for biometric and interviews. Your biometric and interview happen at…
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Looks like USCIS completed the H1B Visa Lottery on March 26, 2021 and sent the notification on March 27, 2021. Did you apply for H1B Visa 2022 lottery? Check with your Attorney or Employer and see if they received the notifications. If the same trend were to hold from the last year, you should be…
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Did your H1B petitions get selected in the H1B Visa lottery in the past and later H1B Visa application was denied during processing? USCIS announced today (March 12, 2021) that they may reconsider such denied petitions if the denials were due to three rescinded policy memos. What are those three memo’s? Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for…
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H1B Visa 2021 = Registration Opened on March 1, 2020 and Season starts from Oct 1, 2020. You probably know USCIS conducted a 2nd round of H1B Visa Lottery Selection. Here’s the number of H1B visa petitions selected in the Lottery in Round 1 and Round 2. Round 1 – 106,100 Round 2 – 18,315…
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I would like to share my recent H1B and H4 Dropbox stamping experience: I travelled to India from Chicago ORD to Vijayawada,IN. February 6th was my flight to Delhi and arrived Delhi Sunday 7th 10PM IST February 8th 10am was my Dropbox appointment at Delhi embassy After completing the Dropbox appointment, I came back to…
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USCIS announced H1B Lottery Registration Dates. The dates are delayed by 9 days when compared to last year’s registration dates. H1B Visa Registration Dates: Opens – March 9, 12 PM EST Closes: March 25, 12 PM EST Results: By March 31, 2021 Note – Last year, the H1B Visa Registration windows was open between March…
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H1B Visa applicants have been waiting to know if USCIS will implement Wage Based H-1B Visa Lottery for FY2022 (Application window opens on March 2021). USCIS confirmed today that Wage Based H-1B Selection is delayed until Dec 31, 2021. The background Jan 7, 2021 – USCIS announced New-Wage Level based cap allocation. Jan 20, 2021…
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Follow this post about H1B Visa Interview Experiences in February 2021. H1B Interview Experience: US Consulate Mumbai H1B Visa approved: June 16, 2020 Received notice: I-797A (COS) Appointment: Booked on Sept 30, 2020 Interview Date: March 1, 2021 Travel: Left USA on Nov 2, 2020 (that is why I am exempted from PP 10052) Appointment…
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You may remember how this rule increased the Wage Level by close to 40% overnight for H1B and PERM process? Intermediate Rule went into effect on Oct 8th, 2020. Later Federal Judge blocked this rule on Dec 1, 2020. The same rule was published into Federal Register on Jan 14, 2021, with an effective date…