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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS: USCIS Reaches FY 2010 H-1B Cap
- December 29, 2009
- Category: General, Non immigrant visa, US Employers
No CommentsAs of December 21, 2009, USCIS has received sufficient petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY2010. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions for new H-1B specialty occupation workers seeking an employment start date
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THE LATEST H-1B NEWS AND AN I-9 DEVELOPMENT
- November 30, 2009
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
As of November 20, 2009, approximately 56,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has approved sufficient H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the fiscal year 2010 cap. Any H-1B petitions filed on behalf of an alien with an advanced degree will now count toward the general
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IMMIGRATION UPDATE – E-Verify
- October 27, 2009
- Category: Enforcement, Immigration Law
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is currently attempting to convince Congress to make E-Verify, the voluntary Internet-based employment verification system, mandatory for all employers in the United States. COMMENTARY E-VERIFY: What is E-Verify? E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows an employer, using information reported on an employee’s Form I-9, to determine the eligibility
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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS: H-1B VISAS ARE STILL AVAILABLE
- September 28, 2009
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
As of September 18, 2009, approximately 46,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the
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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS: H-1B VISAS ARE STILL AVAILABLE
- July 29, 2009
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
As of July 10, 2009, approximately 44,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the
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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS: H-1B VISAS ARE STILL AVAILABLE
- July 1, 2009
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
As of June 26, 2009, approximately 44,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the
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H-1B, L-1 Visas In Danger
- May 1, 2009
- Category: Immigration, Non immigrant visa, US Employers
Responding to growing concerns about immigrants displacing U.S. workers, assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, designed to preserve the controversial H-1B program that allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers, but to limit its abuse. The Durbin-Grassley bill would require
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H-1B Visas In Danger?
- April 15, 2009
- Category: Non immigrant visa, US Employers
WASHINGTON ā U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced additional requirements for employers, who receive funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program or under section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (covered funding), before they may hire a foreign national to work in the H-1B specialty occupation category. The new āEmploy American Workers Act,ā