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United States of America: Increased scrutiny required for the renewal of certain nonimmigrant visa categories

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23 Oct 2017

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new policy guidance that appeears to make it more difficult to renew visas for foreign workers in specialty occupations by instructing officers to apply the same level of scrutiny to both initial petitions and extension requests for certain nonimmigrant visa categories.

 

 

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23 Oct 2017

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Updated: 23 Oct 2017
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On October 23, 2017 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new policy guidance that is expected to make it more difficult to renew H-1B visas. The H-1B visa program allows U.S. em...

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