Columbus Immigration LLC

Join our Meet the Expert session on April 27th! Isabelle Marcus CEO of Columbus Consulting Group will review the most commonly used U.S. visas available to the... business community. She will also talk about the U.S immigration potentials changes! The presentation will be followed by a Q&A where we will be able to answer any questions you may have. More information & registration below #MeetTheExpert #FACCSF #Services #Visas #Immigration #Business

Suspension of the premium processing: https://www.uscis.gov//uscis-announces-temporary-suspensio

Real news: ban from Europe to the US. https://www.dhs.gov//homeland-security-acting-secretary-ch

First bunch! Best of luck to all H1b visas applicants and thank you to the great Columbus team!

Join our Meet the Expert session on April 27th! Isabelle Marcus CEO of Columbus Consulting Group will review the most commonly used U.S. visas available to the... business community. She will also talk about the U.S immigration potentials changes! The presentation will be followed by a Q&A where we will be able to answer any questions you may have. More information & registration below #MeetTheExpert #FACCSF #Services #Visas #Immigration #Business

MEET THE EXPERT Visas & Green Cards: actual and potential changes Thursday, April 27th - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM REGISTER NOW... ABOUT THE TOPIC We will review in detail the most commonly used U.S. visas (non- immigrant and immigrant) available to the business community. The presentation shall be followed by a Q&A where we will be able to answer any questions you may have as regards U.S. immigration as well as discuss the changes that may arise in case of a possible new regulation. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Isabelle Marcus founded the company, Columbus Immigration in New York in 2005 on the principle of creating a new type of business services hub with a core expertise in business U.S. immigration law along with a personal and tailored approach to each client’s project. Being a native of France, where she used to work in the Entertainment industry, she perfectly understands the challenge it represents for foreigners to work and reside in the United States. As such, in her capacity as CEO of the now extended Columbus Consulting group, she guides and assists CEOs and their employees, entrepreneurs and artists through the intricacies of the U.S. immigration system and the intense path and strategy of their business relocation in the United States with a presence both on the East and West coasts of the United States.

The H1B computer-generated random selection (or lottery) has been processed! USCIS announced on April 7, 2017, that it has received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap. USCIS received 199,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 3, including petitions filed for the... advanced degree exemption. On April 11, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select enough petitions to meet the 65,000 general-category cap and the 20,000 cap under the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will reject and return all unselected petitions with their filing fees, unless the petition is found to be a duplicate filing. The agency conducted the selection process for the advanced degree exemption first. All unselected advanced degree petitions then became part of the random selection process for the 65,000 cap. As announced on March 3, USCIS has temporarily suspended premium processing for all H-1B petitions, including cap-exempt petitions, for up to six months

http://immigrationimpact.com/2017/04/07/h1b-cap-2017/

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. However, please keep in mind USCIS suspended premium processing April 3 for up to six months for all H-1B petitions, including cap-exempt petitions

Come and learn more about US visas at the French-American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco! http://www.faccsf.com//meet-the-expert-professional-non-i/

H1B-cap petitions on the way! A big thanks to the Columbus team!

On Monday April 3, H-1B visa petitions will be accepted for the new fiscal year. This popular visa, much appreciated by the tech industry, allows skilled foreigners to work in the U.S. Last year, the cap of 85,000 H-1B visas was reached less than a week after the application period opened up. During that time, 236,000 petitions were submitted. Since the demand continues to exceed the supply, the H1B visas will this year again be awarded through a computerized lottery system.... PREMIUM PROCESSING: according to USCIS, premium processing filings accounted for 59% of the total H-1B filings in 2016. However, USCIS has temporarily freezed that option from April 3. Delays are therefore be expected!

We wish to inform you that the H1B expedited processing option will be suspended on April 3. Premium processing allows for faster approval. This processing change won’t impact the number of approved visas, but could cause delays. We will keep you posted on the latest H1B visas updates.