H-1B Visas Applications now Filled The annual 65000 H-1B Visa quota has been filled as of November 2012. This means that no H-1B Applications will be accepted until the visa category opens again in April 1 2012. Many H-1B Petitioners were surprised to learn the news this week as there were still 1000s of openings [...]
H-1B Visas for the United States now being accepted: Get em while they are hot!
H-1B Visas accepted from April 1st H-1B Visa applications for the United States have been officially accepted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services since April 1st, 2011. These H-1B Visas will be for the 2012 fiscal year, which starts in October of this year. The cap on the H-1B Visa is 65,000 this [...]
H-1B Visa Reaches Cap for 2010
Remaining 11,000 H-1B Visas Taken At the end of last year, a surprisingly high amount of H-1B visas were still available, which some speculated was due to the recession and higher visa fees. However, those fears can be set aside now as all of the remaining visas, which carried over into January, have all been [...]
Good changes to United States Visa system? Don't hold your breath.
Attracting more foreign skilled workers with United States visas The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization, has released a new policy brief that recommends that the United States visa system undergo certain changes, including automatic Green Cards for foreign students who graduate from math and science programs as well as creating a digital United [...]
H-1B Visa Update: Visas still Available
Cap for H-1B visas not yet reached The cap for H-1B visas for the fiscal 2010-2011 year still has not been reached. According to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, a record high number of H-1B visas are still available, about 11,000. In 2009, it took until December for the cap to be reached. Most [...]
H1B visa update for 2010
H1B Visa news and updates for 2010 Earlier in 2010, the United States Government increased the fees for companies applying for the H1B visa, while fees for immigrant H1B processing also increased. However, the fee increases were extremely small, and in some cases the fees only increased by only $5. As of December 10th, 2010, [...]
An H1B Visa "Thank You"
H1B Visa Approved thanks to Niren and Associates immigration law firm Dear Fadi: How does one express the deep gratitude I owe you and your firm? Before contacting your firm I had engaged two law firms in the USA. The first was quick to quote a non-refundable price and send contracts. After this they were also [...]
H-1B Visas still being accepted according the USCIS
H-1B Visas still available The H-1B Visa cap of 65000 petitions annually has not yet been reached according to the USCIS. Therefore applicants wishing to work in the US under speciality occupations still can file their H-1B Petitions this year. This is good news. Just two years ago before the downturn in the economy, the [...]
USCIS to begin accepting H-1B Visa Petitions towards cap for 2011
USCIS Accepting H-1B Visas April 1 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting H-1B Visa petitions filed on the behalf of foreign workers by their employers that are subject to the cap for the fiscal year of 2011 on April 1, 2010. The H-1B Visa is a work permit for the United States [...]
H-1B Petitions now do not require DOL Approval: Good News for US Employers and Visa Applicants
Wow. What a turn of events! In the not so distant past, the annual cap on H-1B Petitions was significantly reduced. US employers were finding it increasingly difficult to hire foreign workers and often had to rush their applications in to meet the quota. Now, with the downturn in the economy and the US approaching [...]
Immigration to Alberta for H-1B Visa Holders in the USA
As of April 2009, the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program has introduced a US Visa Holder Category focused on H-1B Visa holders. This immigration program enables skilled foreign workers on US Work Visas to apply for Canadian Permanent Residence with the intention of working in Alberta. This program is designed fill occupational shortages in certain high [...]
Should H-4 Visa Holders Be Allowed to Work?
H-4 visa doesn’t allow dependents to work The Metro had an interesting article today about the H1-B visa and it’s dependant accompanying visa, the “dreaded” H-4. The article discusses the difficulties of Samvita Padukone, a pregnant H-4 visa holder, and her husband Sanjay Mavinkurve, an H1-B visa holder and Google engineer. They are currently residing part time in [...]
US Immigration Policies not Attracting Qualfied Immigrants
US Immigration policies need to recognize the benefits of immigration Though not at all surprising from the perspective of Immigration lawyers, in a recent article in the Washington Post a senior research associate at Harvard Law School and executive in residence at Duke University indicates that, if not the government, at least the residents of [...]
Microsoft Defends Use of H-1B Visa Employees
Microsoft defends using H-1B Visa employees The American government has been, for quite some time now, putting pressure on Microsoft to reduce its so called dependence on H-1B Visa employees. Iowa Senator Charles Grassley has been attempting to convince Microsoft that it is their moral obligation to engage in protectionist hiring and retention to increase [...]
