Guestbook Entry for Poonam Vaiude, United States
Name
Poonam Vaiude
Country
United States
State
Virginia
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USCIS Updates Policies to Improve Immigration Services
Release Date
06/09/2021
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued new policy updates in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the criteria and circumstances for expedited processing; improve request for evidence (RFE) and notice of intent to deny (NOID) guidance; and increase the validity period for initial and renewal employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain noncitizens with pending adjustment of status applications.
F-1 Students Travel During OPT or H-1B Process
Update 1- Feb 8, 2021
Can students on OPT CPT work remotely during the COVID times. ICE says yes. See from page 12 on of this FAQ released by the govt.
https://www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/covid19faq.pdf
Update 2 - Feb 8, 2021
May 19, 2023, Rajiv in QnA on behalf of students and young professionals (What is RFE, NOID, NOIR)
Nonimmigrant Visas
Immigration Law
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Immigration.com, Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna PC, US Immigration Attorney Rajiv Khanna
Blog: http://www.immigration.com/blogs
Linkedin Community Audio Event - Immigration QnA with Rajiv, May 25, 2023
Nonimmigrant Visas
Immigration Law
Green Card
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Guestbook Entry for A Singh, United States
Name
A Singh
Country
United States
State
OK
Guestbook Entry for Dilip K, United States
Name
Dilip K
Country
United States
State
CA
Guestbook Entry for Shashi, United States
Name
Shashi
Country
United States
State
DE
Recording for February 20, 2025, Conference Call with Rajiv S. Khanna
Immigration.com
Nonimmigrant Visas
Green Card
FAQs:
1. Can I volunteer with a Non-Profit while on any temporary visa (for example, F-1 OPT)?
2. Options after layoff on approved EB-1 - Compelling circumstances EAD and GC EAD conversion
3. NIW I-485 rejected: Refiling options and priority date usage?
F-1 Student Status
Our client, a former Tri-Valley University of California (TVU) student who was left out of status due to unexpected closure of TVU, applied for reinstatement to student status. He retained us to respond to the Request for Evidence (RFE) he received on his reinstatement application. There were several serious issues raised by USCIS in the RFE. One of them was that the USCIS alleged that the online classes our client took at TVUdisqualified him from full-time F-1 student status. We prepared a comprehensive response and documented our client’s entire case history