U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on April 18, 2008 a special "cap gap solution" for F-1 students whose Optional Practical Training (OPT) expires before October 1, 2008. An April 8, 2008 interim final rule automatically extended OPT for F-1 students, but it applied only in those cases where the employer requested a "change of
CIS Conducted Random Selection Process for H-1B Visas on April 14
By Porter Wright on
In a follow up to my recent post on H-1B visa petitions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services conducted the random selection process on April 14, 2008 and announced that it will issue receipt notices for selected petitions by June 2, 2008. The notice also indicated that the total processing time would be eight to 10 weeks but…