Ritu Jha- The excitement was high at ITServe Alliance, a coalition of IT services companies in the United States, after the organization won a suit over H-1B visas against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday, March 10. The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in the favor of the ITServe, […]
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“USCIS is Under Investigation After Numerous H-1B Visa Denials”
Ritu Jha- A Washington DC-based federal judge has asked the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) to explain about the discrepancy in visa denials for skilled foreign workers during a case hearing on Thursday, May 9. A complaint filed by ITServe Alliance along with dozens of other IT service companies against L. Francis Cissna, […]
USCIS sued by ITServe for tweaking H-1B duration
Lawsuit claims the agency took steps that only the Department of Labor could when it began approving visas for less than the standard three-year duration Ritu Jha The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been sued for abusing its power when offering […]
ITServe welcomes clarified OPT rules
Students training under the program are no longer limited to training at the employer’s principal place for business Ritu Jha The US Citizenship and Immigration Services clarified the ‘reporting responsibilities for students and employers participating in the STEM OPT program,” a step welcomed by ITServe Alliance Inc, a non-profit organization with over 1,000 […]
USCIS defends changes in OPT rules
The agency said it aims to safeguard the immigration system and ensure US workers get the most protection Ritu Jha The memo that prohibits work-authorized students to take up jobs for third-party client site was carried out in response the President’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order, according to the US Citizenship and […]
USCIS sued over OPT rule changes
The suit argues that students on the program were peppered with requests for information and denied permission to work offsite Ritu Jha The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has been sued for allegedly making unconstitutional changes in the “Optional Practical Training Extension for STEM Students (STEM OPT). The suit claims that the USCIS targets […]