USCIS

7 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 21, 2019 by Ting Ni · across every show →

Everything said about USCIS, oldest first

Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Supported
Ni: USCIS H-1B Request for Evidence rates jumped to 68.9% in 2017
“In Q-III, for all the H-I-Bs that were filed, 22.5% received RFE's. It's a little bit higher than the Q-II and the Q-I figures of 13.5 and 17.3% respectively, But it's still within the realm of reason. Fast forward to Q-IV, when everything kind of started happ…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 11:00 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2019 negative
Opinion
Ni: USCIS logic equating Level 1 wages to non-specialty occupations is faulty
“The first USCIS challenge we see in the wage level category is this idea that Because an H-I-B position has a level one wage, it's not a specialty occupation, meaning any entry level position is by default not a specialty occupation, which is really faulty log…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 23:55 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ni: Filing H-1Bs under computer programmer SOC code risks RFE or denial
“So if you file an application with a computer programmer code instead of a software engineer code, you're very much going to get an RFE, if not a denial.”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 22:02 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2019
Prediction Partly held up
Pretorius: USCIS likely to suspend H-1B cap premium processing again
“I think it's pretty safe to say for actual cap, based on what they've done the last two years, it's probably likely there's going to be some suspend, some suspension of that, whether it's before or they announce it right after, you know, cap season kicks off, …”
Hendrick Pretorius Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 49:26 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ni: USCIS Googles startups to verify H-1B filings match public postings
“Because USCIS do Google companies and confirm whether what you're submitting matches with what you're putting out there to make sure that you're putting the right thing out there from the get-go.”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 16:16 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Ting Ni: 75% of immigration agencies stay open during federal shutdowns
“75% of the agencies and programs that deal with immigration remain open, and that's because USCIS and Department of State, these are agencies that run on the fees that they collect from the application, so they are not appropriated Fees by the federal governme…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 6:30 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Jan 21, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ni: Level 1 wages for equity-heavy senior startup roles trigger USCIS issues
“So, you know, you have a very senior role with very senior job duties, but because you're a startup and you're, you know, kind of paying people more in equity you only, you can only have a wage level One salary. So for that reason, you choose a level one wage.…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 26:05 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
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