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The notorious Nightmare RFE has been becoming more and more commonplace over the past few years as USCIS has been caught arbitrarily not approving H-1B visa petitions.  These RFEs find issue with virtually everything about the petition – the job, the education, the employer-employee relationship, the wage level, and sometimes even more.  By its own […]

USCIS has been illegally denying and issuing RFEs for H-1B visa petitions for jobs that actually do meet specialty occupation criteria.  Earlier this year, three federal judges overturned USCIS decisions to reject visas based on specialty occupation issues that were actually fabricated from their own “arbitrary and capricious” adjudication. Here’s the issue: To qualify as […]

H-1B beneficiaries selected in the lottery for cap-subject visas have been notified!  If you, or if your employee or client was selected, you have 90 days from notification to file the completed H-1B petition.  When it comes to USCIS, 90 days is shorter than you think, especially with record numbers of RFEs, second and third […]

While the rate of RFE responses to H-1B visa petitions has skyrocketed since 2015, the Denial rate spiked from 6% for FY2015 to 21% in FY2019.  At CCI TheDegreePeople.com, we work with difficult cases, RFEs, and Denials every year, and in those years, we saw jobs that had never run into issues before suddenly being […]

At CCI TheDegreePeople.com, we know that visa application and school admission applications obligations don’t just pause with the COVID-19 crisis.  We understand what is on the line for the people we serve, and so WE’RE STILL HERE! All of our staff is working remotely from home, fully operational.  We are also keeping up to date […]

USCIS accepted electronic submissions for cap-subject H-1B petitions for FY2021 March 1st through 20th 2020.  More than enough applications were filed electronically to meet the annual cap, sending the process to a randomized electronic lottery.  The lottery is now complete, and those selected will be notified by March 31st, 2020, USCIS says. You can check […]

Guest Blog by Eric Lyons Being the most sought-after visa to enter the United States of America, an H1B visa is difficult to get. Applicants for H1B jobs in USA (beneficiaries of H1B visa petitions) can either be living in the USA or outside the USA at the time of filing of the petition. Even […]

Today, Friday March 27, USCIS announced that any applicants responding to RFEs or NOIDs between March 1st and May 1st of 2020 will have until 60 calendar days FOLLOWING their given response deadlines to submit.  “USCIS is adopting several measures to protect our workforce and community, and to minimize the immigration consequences for those seeking […]

Even though USCIS is suspending premium processing due to COVID-19, we are not!  At CCI TheDegreePeople.com, we are operating with a FULL STAFF remotely and continue to honor our rush delivery schedules. We anticipate USCIS will take longer than usual to turn visa approvals around.  This means it is more important than ever to get […]