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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS’) latest update on H-1B reveals that as of October 30, 2009, approximately 53, 800 H-1B cap-subject petitions have been received. The USCIS has approved sufficient number of H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the ...
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
In a latest development, the U.S. government has filed a new, expanded indictment last week against a New Jersey IT services firm, alleged to have fraudulently used H-1B visas through a scheme that delivered it millions of dollars in gains. According to Computer World Website, if federal prosecutors win their ...
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
According to USCIS’ latest update dated August 14, 2009, approximately 45,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been received by USCIS and counted towards the H-1B cap. Although 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 ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Providing opportunity to employers whose Form I-129, H-1B petitions for health care workers were denied prior to May 20, 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a following update. It states, if the Form I-129 was denied solely on the basis that the beneficiary did not possess ...
Posted in Email Request, File an Appeal, Form I-129, H-1B, H-1B Employers, Motions to Reopen, PT/OT Service Motion Request, Special Accomodation, Written Requests | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
The filing of H-1B cap subject petitions for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 appears to have hit a lean patch. As of July 10, 2009, approximately 44, 900 H-1B petitions had been received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and counted towards the H-1B cap. Although, the Service received ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The once sought after H-1B category to seek foreign employees seems to have lost its sheen as its filing limps to reach the statutory limit of 65,000. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updates, as of June 19, 2009, approximately 44, 500 H-1B cap subject petitions have been ...
Posted in H-1B, H-1B Advanced Degree Exemption, H-1B Cap, H-1B Employer Exemption, H-1B Filings, Save Our Small and Seasonal Business Act of 2005, U.S. Chile and U.S. Singapore Free Trade Agreement | No Comments »
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
In order to clear doubts regarding the standards for adjudicating H-1B petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries seeking employment in a health care specialty occupation, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Service Center Operations Chief, Barbara Q Velarde issued a memo to Service Center Directors. The memo avers Adjudicators ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
The H-1B visa filing for FY 2010 is witnessing a tremendous decline and is moving at a snail’s pace. Until yesterday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received nearly 45,500 H-1B petitions. According to experts and analysts, the primary reasons for fall in H-1B visa demand are the present ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
The Administrative Review Board (ARB) upheld the Administrator’s decision for imposing civil money penalties against the employer for willful violating Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA’s) H-1B wage requirements. Mr. Rajnarayan Krishnamoorthy, a former H-1 employee with Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc. filed a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
According to the latest U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announcement, the H-1B filing for fiscal year 2010 is paused at 45,000 against the Congressionally mandated 65,000 cap. Presumably, there is no significant addition in H-1B filing since its earlier announcement of April 27, 2009. Hence, the agency continues to ...
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