Archive for the ‘H-1B’ Category
Ingenious Plan or Sinking Ship? – The Elusive H-1B Visa.
January 20th, 2012 by Melanie Corrin
Posted in: Employer Compliance, H-1B, Immigration, Uncategorized
Even with a down economy, the need for highly educated, skilled workers remains high. Each year the Federal Government allows for only 85,000 total professional foreign workers to enter the United States as temporary workers, and each year that number is completely exhausted well before the next fiscal year begins. This is the elusive H-1B [...]
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DHS Initiatives to Promote Startup Enterprises and Spur Job Creation
August 29th, 2011 by Aaron Hall
Posted in: H-1B, Immigration
Earlier this month, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a plan for stimulating investment by “attracting foreign entrepreneurial talent of exceptional ability or who otherwise can create jobs, form startup companies, and invest capital in areas of high unemployment.
DHS seeks to use its resources to more quickly and efficiently process immigration applications [...]
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The House Judiciary Committe Reviews the H-1B Visa Program
April 1st, 2011 by Amber Blasingame
Posted in: H-1B
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee reviewed the current H-1B visa program on March 31, 2011, titled “H-1B Visas: Designing a Program to Meet the Needs of the U.S. Economy and U.S. Workers.” In his opening statement, Committee Chairman and Representative Lamar Smith declared a need to either increase the number of H-1B visas available [...]
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USCIS Implements Fee Increase for H-1B and L-1 Visas
October 19th, 2010 by Aaron Hall
Posted in: H-1B, Immigration, USCIS
A United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) press release confirms the immediately effective increase in fees for certain H-1B and L-1 visas in accordance with Public Law 111-230. Additional fees of $2,000.00 and $2,250.00 for H-1B and L-1 visas respectively are now required for petitioning companies of 50 or more employees that have over [...]
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H-1B Visas Still Available for FY2011
September 29th, 2010 by Amber Blasingame
Posted in: H-1B
As of September 24, 2010, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) had received 39,600 cap eligible petitions for H-1B status for fiscal year 2011, plus 14,400 petitions for alien’s with advanced degrees. The numbers reflect both approved petitions and petitions still pending with USCIS.
The Department of Homeland Security caps the H-1B category at 65,000 per fiscal [...]
Fee Increase for H-1B and L-1 Visas
August 20th, 2010 by Aaron Hall
Posted in: H-1B, Immigration, USCIS, Uncategorized
Public Law 111-230, which was signed into law last week by President Obama and is effective immediately, sharply increases the fees for certain H-1B and L-1 petitions. The new fee structure will apply to any petitions postmarked on August 14, 2010 or later. For more details on which petitions are affected, see the USCIS announcement here.
USCIS Updates the Number of H-1Bs that have been Filed Under Fiscal Year 2011
June 15th, 2010 by Joseph Law Firm
Posted in: H-1B, Immigration
Each year, beginning on October 1st, USCIS releases 65,000 H-1B visas for individuals seeking to enter the U.S. to assume professional positions. 20,000 of the 65,000 are reserved for individuals who obtained a Masters Degree or higher from a U.S. University.
Companies who are seeking H-1B workers beginning October 1st can file for those visas as [...]
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