H-1B Quota is still available for all employers. Employers who have not yet proceeded with new H-1B filing can go ahead now too as per their business requirements. After many years since the Cap of H-1B started, it is still available even after Sept. 30, 2009. As of this writing,…
Since the H1B filing season opened up in April 2009, cases were subject to greater scrutiny by USCIS. While we still have H1B visas available, the denial rate of filed cases is on the rise. I would say say that we have a 30% increase in RFE’s received this year.…
Recently the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an advance copy of the final rule rescinding the agency’s regulations regarding the legal obligations of employers receiving no-match letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The rule rescinds DHS final regulations previously issued on August 15, 2007 and October 28, 2008,…
USCIS has updated the H1B cap count. As of September 25, 2009, the regular Cap count is 46,700. The advanced-degree cap remains at 20,000. Since neither cap has been reached at the time of this writing, the USCIS will continue to accept FY2010 H1B cases under the advanced-degree and regular…
The Cap seem to be moving slowly in the past few months, but something is different with the release of the new count this week. 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. It…
I recently came across a posting by fellow lawyer Chris Musillo, he wrote about an interesting point that is often asked by our clients, the Health Care recruiters and Healthcare providers. The question is do H1B workers that are not yet licensed, need to be paid. Here is Chris’ opinion,…
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated H-1B cap count of 45,100 as of August 28, 2009. This reflects an increase of 100 cases from the prior count, provided on August 14, 2009. The advanced-degree cap remains at 20,000. The USCIS continues to accept FY2010 H1B cases…
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) issued an August 20, 2009 press release, reporting a decline in offers of admission from U.S. graduate schools to prospective foreign students. This is the first decline in the rate of offers to foreign students since 2004. While these significant reductions affected the overall…
As attorneys that work with Hospitals and medical professionals, we always get questions from clients about the H1B visa. Can Nurses really get this visa, and if so how? The H1B visa program, which has a current allocation of 65,000 visas per year (This year visas are still open and…
The days of considering the H1B visa process a purely administrative process are over. In the not so distant past, H1B cases were just about the forms and the evidence submitted in the case. If the USCIS liked the arguments and supporting documents, an approval was issued. Things are not…