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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS—USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2012 H-1B Petitions
- May 14, 2011
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
No CommentsAs of May 13, 2011, USCIS had receipted 11,200 petitions towards the H-1B Regular Cap and 7,900 petitions towards the H-1B Master’s Exemption. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or
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Pushing Obama to keep promises
- May 4, 2011
- Category: Immigration
Reflecting growing liberal frustration with President Barack Obama’s lack of progress on immigration reform, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. is barnstorming through the Bay Area this week to demand the administration slow down its record-high number of deportations. “He’s our champion,” said U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., who lands in the Bay Area on Tuesday.
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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS—USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2012 H-1B Petitions
- April 25, 2011
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
As of April 15, 2011, USCIS had receipted 7,100 petitions towards the H-1B Regular Cap and 5,100 petitions towards the H-1B Master’s Exemption. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or
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Immigration Clock Runs Down on Republicans
- April 25, 2011
- Category: Immigration Law
The clock is ticking down to Drop-Dead Tuesday, and a much-debated immigration bill still isn’t on the agenda at the Senate Budget Committee. If Senate Bill 2040 doesn’t clear the panel by the end of business Tuesday, the measure is all but eliminated from consideration this session. Conservatives say the political repercussions could blow back
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USCIS Publishes Final I-9 Rule
- April 16, 2011
- Category: Enforcement, US Employers
On April 15, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule entitled “Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has definitely increased its I-9 audit efforts in recent times. The rule is an important reminder of an employer’s worksite compliance responsibilities. Office or Human Resources Managers can find
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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS— April 1, 2011 is the first date to apply for FY 2011 H-1B Visas
- March 30, 2011
- Category: Non immigrant visa
The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or the 20,000 annual cap exemption. By statute, H-1B visas are subject to an annual numerical limit, or cap, of 65,000 visas each fiscal
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USCIS Announces Proposed H-1B Electronic Registration System to Reduce Costs for U.S. Businesses
- March 5, 2011
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
The Federal Register: March 3, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 42) has announced a proposed rule. Under the proposed rule, employers seeking to petition for H-1B workers subject to the statutory cap would register electronically with USCIS. Before the petition filing period begins, USCIS would select the number of registrations predicted to exhaust all available visas.
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America’s visa restrictions lead to reverse brain drain
- March 4, 2011
- Category: Entrepreneur, Immigration, Non immigrant visa
Tom Brokaw submitted an excellent article on this topic March 3 on NBC. For the full report click here. The creator of SnapDeal is an Indian entrepreneur. SnapDeal has created 300 jobs in India — and counting. The founder of this company is Kunar Bahl. “I put my chips in the American basket and said
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NEW POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION BILL
- February 2, 2011
- Category: Immigration Law
The purpose of this bill, introduced January 5, 2011, would be to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.It is an interesting proposal. Intending Chinese and Indian immigrants with advanced degrees would
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IN IMMIGRATION REFORM, ARGUING AGAINST WORKPLACE RAIDS
- February 2, 2011
- Category: Enforcement, US Employers
As Los Angeles Times staff writer Brian Bennett reported, the Obama administration has quadrupled the number of employer audits and fined businesses $6.9 million in fiscal 2010, compared with $675,000 in 2008. Deportations are also up, from 369,221 in 2008 to 392,862 in fiscal 2010. More than 195,000 criminals were deported in 2010, a 70%