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Guestbook Entry for Senthil Sambandam , United States

17 years ago By Editor
Name
Senthil Sambandam
Country
United States
State
NY
Comment

I am happy to inform my dependents received their green cards last week. Mine is also approved. We had filed under EB1-OR category. Thanks to the excellent team with Rajiv's office and in particular Diane Lombardo for preparing all our petitions with high quality. Rajiv was available to me anytime I had a question. I really recommend this law firm for anyone in immigration process beacsue of their quality work and infact lower legal fees.

Guestbook Entry for K. Prabakaran , United States

17 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
K. Prabakaran
Country
United States
State
Arizona
Comment

My wife and I got the I-485 approval email notice in June 2007. We filed the I-485 in April 2007. The LC was done by another law firm and I switched to Rajiv and filled the I-140 and I-485. The I-140 was approved in one week under Premium Processing and I-485 was approved in less than 3 months. I told our company HR to switch to Rajiv S. Khanna and we are processing our employee’s H1B and GC through Rajiv. During the GC process, our company was sold and Rajiv and Mathew helped to resolve this issue, rather than starting the GC process from scratch. Mostly I dealt with Prerna Mehta and Mathew Chacko. Both provide me excellent help and support during the process. I dealt with Rita Dhakal for a short period of time and she helped me in great deal. Mathew called me on my cell phone to answer my questions, and he was polite, fast and correct. Also, I praise Prerna for checking my documents and forms thoroughly (I did not get any RFE) and providing correction/feed back immediately. I found the Rajiv’s immigration forum would be one of the best places for gaining more knowledge, and I would recommend every one to read and learn more.

Guestbook Entry for xxxxxx , United States

17 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
xxxxxx
Country
United States
State
IL
Comment

I applied for a spouse sponsored GC and extensively used services of Mr. Khanna's office. Mr. Chacko was an enormous help throughout the process. Though we only paid one time consultation fees, he was willing to respond to our followup emails and phone calls. Our application got processed in record time and I definitely give credit to Mr. Chacko for his inputs throughout the process. I will definitely refer Mr. Khanna's services to friends and family in the future.

Guestbook Entry for Venkat Ramana Katt, United States

17 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
Venkat Ramana Katt
Country
United States
State
Massachusetts
Comment

I've chosen immigration.com (Rajiv S. Khanna) for my GC processing.

I've got excellent response from them for all the phases of my GC. The documentation they prepare for the GC processing is very organized and 2nd to none.

Special thanks to my case manager Amrita. Amrita was answering all my questions right from the day 1 of my GC process. Her response to my emails/voice messages was immediate.

Thanks also to Rita for preparing the documentation for I-140 processing.

I've referred Rajiv Khanna to many HR folks in financial and IT companies. After my success many of my friends are willing to start/transfer their GC processing to Mr.Khanna's office.

Criteria for national interest waiver || NIW for physical therapists

2 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

I am on H-1B working in the IT industry. My wife has H4 EAD, and with the same status, she is working in the hospital as a Physical Therapist.

1. Can her employer file for GC while she is on H4 EAD status?

2. If she is eligible for NIW, could you please let me know if the PWD and PERM are both required if her employer file for GC?

3. Can she use my priority date to file an adjustment of status?

 

FAQ Transcript

1. Absolutely 

2. I doubt it.

3. No she cannot. That is one thing husband and wife cannot transfer to each other their priority date.

 

FAQ: Multiple companies applying for H-1B Cap registration - H-1B lottery

2 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

I am an international student currently of F-1 visa status and will be graduating in May-23. I have the below questions:

1. Can multiple companies / employers apply for H1-B on my behalf in this upcoming H1-B cap pool?

2. If yes, is there a possibility that the employers might get to know about this?

3. Should my name in the passport and birth certificate match exactly? My birth certificate has an abbreviation my last name but my passport has my complete last name.

 

FAQ Transcript

When there is no connection between two companies, and they are not colluding to help somebody get an H-1B visa or increase their chances of getting selected in the H1B lottery, multiple companies can file. Interestingly, even different units within the same bigger company could file if they have a genuine need and not face any issues.

Can H-4 visa (no EAD) holders take an unpaid internship?

2 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

I am an LLM student on H4 (no EAD). My college offers paid and unpaid supervised externships (optional classes) for 2/3 credits as part of our course. Can I participate and work in an unpaid supervised externship on H4 without EAD?

FAQ Transcript

Sure. I don't see any problem for you, the employer should watch out for themselves.

 

Guestbook Entry for RAVI KUMAR GEDELA, United States

2 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
RAVI KUMAR GEDELA
Country
United States
State
Virginia
Comment

I wanted to say thank you Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C. for helping us with EB1A based immigration. The professionalism, constant guidance, and experience in dealing with attorney Rajiv and senior paralegal Diane is just commendable. Based on our experience, Rajiv is an expert in US immigration and his fact-based insights are very helpful to make informed decision.

1. The best part is that the initial assessment is FREE of charge unlike many law firms. This will help any one to take a decision based on his initial consultation. 2. Once Attorney Rajiv ji advises to move forward, he will spend enough time along with Diane to gather, conduct in depth analysis, validates against the criteria of USCIS and provide honest advice in the interest of time and cost involved. 3. Diane has drafted the petition amazingly with minute details and corresponding evidence, honestly, we were very impressed with the detailed work.

Thank you so much for your constant guidance, professional updates to the petition and continued support through out the I-140 process.
 

Recording for March 09, 2023 Conference Call with Rajiv S. Khanna

2 years ago By Chief Editor

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New Entrepreneur Resources Available on USCIS Website

2 years ago By Chief Editor

Release Date 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published additional online resources on uscis.gov to provide an overview of some of the temporary and permanent pathways for noncitizen entrepreneurs to work in the United States. This guide also highlights some of the most important immigration-related considerations for entrepreneurs contemplating starting or managing a business in the United States.

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Can H-4 EAD start a Business in any State? Can a relative's company file H-1B?

2 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

Can an H4 EAD holder start a business in any state, or do they have to be in the same state as the primary applicant's H-1B?

Another question is can a relative's LLC file for H-1B if they have a need and it aligns with my MS coursework?

 

FAQ Transcript

It can be done, but H-1B is not complicated that's absolutely straightforward.

H-4 visa dependent children change of status to F-1 before 21

2 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

My daughter was born in Canada and is on my H-1 visa as an H-4 dependent. She is currently studying 2nd year of her Bachelor's degree and will turn 21 in July/2024. I have a couple of questions, and they are
1. By what date/age she needs to change her status from H-4 to F-1?
2. Once on F-1 status, are there a minimum number of months/semesters/years she has to complete before being eligible for a CPT or OPT?
 

FAQ Transcript
  1. She needs to file for a change of status before she turns 21.
  1.  I believe it is two full semesters one academic year, double check that with the DSO.

 

NIW: Porting priority date

2 years ago By Rajiv S. Khanna
Question details

Hello, Let me start with my question: Is it possible to port priority date from an existing employer sponsored EB2 petition to a new EB2 NIW petition ? I am an Indian citizen with a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Univ. of Maryland College Park. I have a pending EB2 petition (approved I140) through my employer but am also exploring a self petitioned EB2 NIW application in parallel. I would like to understand if the earlier priority date from my employer sponsored petition can be ported to the NIW petition, if approved. Please advise. Thank You Mathew

Yes. You can port the PD.

USCIS Issues Guidance on Analyzing Employers’ Ability to Pay Wages

1 year ago By Chief Editor

Release Date 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued policy guidance (PDF, 313.21 KB) on how USCIs analyzes an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for immigrant petitions in certain first, second, and third preference employment-based immigrant visa classifications. 

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