Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that F-1 students seeking optional practical training (OPT) can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online if they are filing under one of these categories: (c)(3)(A) – Pre-Completion OPT; (c)(3)(B) – Post...
USCIS Online Account Number for F1 OPT Application (I-765 Form) Most of the F1 Visa students, when applying for OPT or STEM OPT application Online (I-765 form) or filing the paper-based I-765 application, will come across the question that asks for “USCIS Online Account Number(OAN)(if...
M-1 students must file Form I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status with USCIS to request transfer and notify both the current and new schools.4. Eligibility for Post-Completion OPTUSCIS confirmed students are eligible for post-completion OPT after completing an associate’s, ...
APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION You will pay a separate fee of $760 directly to USCIS when you mail in Form N-400. If you opt for online filing (upload your PDF), the filing fee is $710. Applicants with a household income between 150%-400% of the federal poverty guidelines pay a reduced...
We are also currently addressing a green card application filed by a musician who is the First Chair of one of the world’s leading orchestras, with enough credits to fill a trophy case and over a decade of O-1 visas, who has been asked by USCIS to justify why it would be in the ...
If you filed an immigration request, application, or petition with the USCIS, you can check your USCIS case status online for updates.
USCIS changed its H1B Visa filing process starting from the Fiscal Year(FY) 2021 season. In the new process, they introduced theH1B Registration Process, where employers need to first register the H1B applicants or employees in theH1B Registration Online Tool, whom they intend to sponsor H1B to...
For instance, an “Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (I-539)” currently takes between 9 to 11 months to process at the Texas Service Center. International students would need to file for an extension nearly a year in advance, which may not be possible given USCIS strict ...
USCIS Visa Bulletin The visa bulletin is a monthly online publication released by the U.S. State Department to determine when foreign nationals can file their application for a U.S. green card. The visa bulletin also determines wait times for different categories of green card applicants and ...
Well, it is very unlikely that USCIS will run random checks… In general, USCIS looks at anyone’s case in detail, when an application is filed with USCIS for any of the benefits or visas. Typically, for F1 students, this happens when they file I-765 for OPT and STEM OPT Extensions ...