US & Canada News News: MUMBAI: The recently concluded H-1B cap lottery season for fiscal 2025 (year ending Sept 30, 2025) saw the number of eligible registrations plunging t.
US & Canada News News: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the automatic extension period for expiring Employment Authorization Documents (EADs)
According to the USCIS, while processing times have reduced significantly over the past year, if the 540-day automatic extension rule was not announced, nearly 8 lakh EAD renewal applicants would have faced a lapse in their employment authorisation and nearly sixty-eighty thousand American employers would have been negatively impacted. Immigration experts point out that hundreds of EAD applications of Indian spouses of H-1B visa holders are caught in the processing backlog.
The final regulation is currently under review at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) connected to the White House. The proposed fee changes for visa applications, including the H-1B visa, could result in significant cost increases for US employers. The rule also includes fee hikes for citizenship and the EB-5 green card program.
US News: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has presented a conclusive regulation for federal review, anticipating an increase in visa application fees