U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting new petitions for H-1B workers on April 1, 2010. With only 65,000 visas available each fiscal year, U.S. employers have to start filing their petitions six months in advance of the October 1 start date to assure their best chance at the quota numbers. USCIS will monitor [...]
Posts Tagged ‘skilled workers’
H-1B Filing Season Now Open
Posted in Employment-Based Immigration, tagged H-1B, skilled workers on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Immigration Basics: H-1B Workers
Posted in Employment-Based Immigration, tagged H-1B, skilled workers on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Through the H-1B program, U.S. employers are able to hire, on a temporary basis, highly educated foreign professionals for “specialty occupations”—jobs that require at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in the field of specialty. Examples include doctors, engineers, teachers and researchers in a wide variety of fields, accountants, medical personnel, and computer scientists. [...]
USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2010 H-1B Petitions
Posted in Employment-Based Immigration, tagged H-1B, skilled workers, USCIS on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Skilled workers and their potential employers who filed new H-1B petitions April 1 – 7 are relieved to learn that their jobs won’t be taken away through the H-1B lottery. The economic downturn in the US resulted in lower demand for foreign skilled workers this year. New petitions can continue to be filed with U.S. [...]
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