Live
- Man held for posting obscene photos
- iOS 18.2: Apple’s New Battery Intelligence Feature Coming Soon
- PM Modi’s ‘Bharat 6G Vision’ poised to get another booster
- Food stalls raided
- Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for November 8, 2024
- IT Raids on Ex-MLA Grandhi Srinivas Continue for Third Day in Bhimavaram
- Jharmunda-Boudh section gets CRS nod
- Upcoming Telugu OTT Releases This Week: Devara, Meiyazhagan, Kali
- Trapped leopard rescued
- Vijayawada: Seven police officers get IPS rank
Just In
US allows 60-day grace time for H1B visa holders
Washington: In a major relief for professionals and immigrants from countries like India, the US government has given a grace period of 60 days to H1B...
Washington: In a major relief for professionals and immigrants from countries like India, the US government has given a grace period of 60 days to H1B visa holders and Green Card applicants, who have been served notices for submission of various documents, taking into account the massive novel coronavirus outbreak in America.
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday said the 60-day grace period for responding to its requests will include requests for evidence; continuations to request evidence (N-14); notices of intent to deny; notices of intent to revoke; notices of intent to rescind and notices of intent to terminate regional investment centers; and filing date requirements for Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion.
"USCIS will consider a response to the above requests and notices received within 60 calendar days after the response due date set in the request or notice before taking action," it said in a statement.
The USCIS said it will consider a Form I-290B received up to 60 calendar days from the date of the decision before it takes any action. The USCIS can issue a maximum of 65,000 H-1B work visas every year to highly skilled foreign workers. It can issue an additional 20,000 H-1B visas to those highly skilled foreign workers who have obtained masters or higher degrees from an American educational institution. Under the existing law, the US can issue a maximum of 1,40,000 employment-based green cards every year with a per country cap of seven per cent.
Accordingly, in fiscal year 2019, Indian nationals received 9,008 category 1 (EB1), 2,908 category 2 (EB2), and 5,083 category 3 (EB3) green cards. EB1-3 are different categories of employment-based green cards. "USCIS is adopting several measures to protect our workforce and community and to minimise the immigration consequences for those seeking immigration benefits during this time," the statement said. The relaxations came in the view of the coronavirus pandemic, which first surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last.
© 2024 Hyderabad Media House Limited/The Hans India. All rights reserved. Powered by hocalwire.com