Khandelwal Law Blog
Visitor Visa to Green Card for Spouse: Can Your Spouse Apply Without Leaving the U.S.?
Your spouse entered the U.S. for a short visit. Then life happened, plans changed, you got married, and suddenly a question no one had prepared you for became urgent: Was filing for a green card suddenly legally risky? The confusion
Job Loss on a Work Visa: Immigration Consequences
A layoff notice can feel like an employment problem until you realize your visa clock may have started too. If your work authorization, family’s stability, or pending green card plans depend on that job, the real concern is not only
H-1B Visa Termination of Employment: Grace Period Risks
You may have built your U.S. career around one approved H-1B job. When that job ends, the concern is no longer only about finding your next role. It becomes a status, timing, and filing issue that can affect your work
H-1B Reinstatement After Layoff: What Happens If the 60-Day Grace Period Ends?
Your H-1B employment ended. Interviews are still happening. A prospective employer says they are willing to sponsor, but one question keeps becoming harder to ignore: Did the immigration clock already run out while you were trying to secure your next
Change of Status Denied? What It Means for Your Immigration Status in 2026
Your change of status was denied.” The sentence is short, but the consequences people imagine after reading it are not. Some people panic and book flights the same day. Others stay because someone online said a pending I-539 ‘protects’ them.
Immigration Options After Layoffs: How to Protect Your U.S. Status After Job Loss
You got laid off, but the real panic started when someone said your visa clock had already started ticking. That one sentence has sent thousands of skilled professionals into a spiral of late-night Reddit threads, panicked DMs, and the same
Delays in Processing I-539: What a Pending Case Means for Your Status, Travel, and Work Authorization
Your H-4 extension might be pending. Your employer already said that onboarding cannot move forward without updated work authorization. Meanwhile, your case status has not changed for months, and the real fear is what the delay in processing I-539 could
Unemployment Insurance H-1B: Can Receiving Benefits Affect Your Immigration Status After a Layoff?
You paid into unemployment insurance for years. So why does claiming it suddenly feel risky the moment an H-1B layoff happens? That confusion has become increasingly common among skilled professionals trying to make sense of conflicting advice after losing a
B-2 While Job Searching After an H-1B Layoff: What Creates Immigration Risk?
If you lost your H-1B, did you file an I-539 to switch to B-2? However, someone told you that you can’t work on B-2. So, in this scenario, did your quick freelance project count? The confusion is understandable because many
Sweta Khandelwal
Sweta completed her Masters in Law from the University of California, Los Angeles and her JD from the Faculty of Law, Delhi University in India and has been practicing law for 15+ years getting visas, green cards, and citizenship for 1000+ clients, 100+ companies across 50+ nationalities.
Sweta has been recognized as a ” Super Lawyer, Rising Star,” and as amongst the ” Top 40 under 40″ immigration attorneys in California (American Society of Legal Advocates). She is also the recipient of the Advocacy Award by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Sweta is also a chartered accountant — the equivalent of a CPA. This makes her uniquely positioned to understand the immigration needs of her business clients in the broader context of their corporate objectives.
Sweta is actively involved with immigration issues and immigrant communities in various capacities. She has assumed key roles at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), both at the local and national level. She has been a past chair at the Santa Clara Valley Chapter at AILA and has also been involved in various practice area committees at AILA National. Sweta has addressed multiple conferences/forums in the United States and worldwide on immigration and business issues.