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Friday, February 12th, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published a memorandum regarding the numerical limitation exemption for temporary workers in H nonimmigrant classifications employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam. The memorandum provides guidance for processing and adjudicating Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker filed ...
Posted in CNMI, Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), DHS, Form I-129, Guam, H-1B, H-1B Visa, h-2b, H-2B Visa, Memorandum, Non-Immigrant Visas, Numerical Limitation Exemption for Temporary Workers in H Nonimmigrant Classifications Employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, Specialty Occupation, Temporary Nonagricultural Workers, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Complying with the requirement under American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act 0f 1998, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have prepared and presented an Annual Report on Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) for Fiscal Year 2008 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The report covers such as countries of ...
Posted in Characteristics of H-1B Specialty Occupation Workers, Compensation Paid to, Educational Levels Attained by, H-1B, H-1B Visa, Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Non-Immigrant Visas, Origin and Occupations of, Senate Judiciary Committee, USCIS Report | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had announced that it has received sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2010. December 21, 2009 was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date in ...
Posted in Cap Reached, H-1B, H-1B 2010, H-1B Visa, Non-Immigrant Visas, USCIS | No Comments »
Friday, December 18th, 2009
According to the latest H-1B update issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), approximately 64,200 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed as of December 15, 2009. USCIS has approved sufficient number of advanced degree petitions to meet the exemption limit of 20,000 this year. However, USCIS will continue ...
Posted in H-1B, H-1B Cap for FY2010, H-1B Update, H-1B Visa, Non-Immigrant Visas, USCIS | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
According to the latest H-1B update issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), approximately 62,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed as of December 11, 2009. USCIS has approved sufficient number of advanced degree petitions to meet the exemption limit of 20,000 this year. However, USCIS will continue ...
Posted in Cap-Exempt Petitions, H-1B, H-1B Cap, H-1B Update, H-1B Visa, Non-Immigrant Visas, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published Question and Answers regarding the extension of filing period of H-1B petitions without Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) that have been certified by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) until March 9, 2010. This is a temporary measure, USCIS is providing to ...
Posted in DOL, Filing Period Extended, H-1B, H-1B Visa, iCERT, LCA, Non-Immigrant Visas, Petition Without Certified LCAs, Q&As, USCIS | No Comments »
Friday, December 4th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has published an Advance Copy of Notice in the federal register, stating that in accordance with its labor certification regulations, beginning on January 1, 2010, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center (NPWHC), ...
Posted in Advance Copy of Notice, CNMI, DOL, E-3, Employment and Training Administration, Federal Register, H-1B, H-1B Visa, H-1C, h-2b, H-2B Visa, H-B1, Immigrant Visas, Labor Certification Regulations, LC, Non-Immigrant Visas, NPWHC, OFLC, PWD | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
According to the latest H-1B update issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approximately 56,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed as of November 20, 2009. USCIS has approved sufficient number of advanced degree petitions to meet the exemption limit of 20,000 this year. However, USCIS will continue ...
Posted in H-1B, H-1B Update, Reached 56900 on November 20, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Famous immigration attorney Carl Shusterman has commented on the pathetic healthcare situation in the United States. He questioned whether the U.S. has enough physicians to take care of another 40 million people going to be covered by the healthcare insurance. While stressing on the need of welcoming International Medical Graduates ...
Posted in Articles, Carl Shusterman, Foreign Physicians, Healthcare, International Medical Graduates, Shortage of Physicians, Universal Healthcare, US | No Comments »
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions filed with uncertified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for a temporary period, commencing on November 5, 2009 and ending on March 4, 2010. As it has been noticed that Department of Labor’s (DOL) new “iCERT” ...
Posted in DOL, H-1B, H-1B Petitions without Certified LCA Acceptable, iCERT, USCIS | No Comments »
