Archive for the ‘fy2010’ Category
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano appeared before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to present President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Budget Request for the DHS. While presenting her first Budget report, she said that the Budget would strengthen DHS’ current efforts ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
The White House summary on immigration-related funding in Obama’s FY2010 budget reflects more monitory funding (nearly $27 billion) for border and transportation security activities, an 8 percent increase over 209. Out of which $24.6 billion is within the budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), largely for U.S. Customs ...
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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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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
A mistaken impression carried by all and sundry on H-1B visa is that it is meant for only software professionals. In reality, almost half of H-1B visas are actually utilized by health care and education professionals.
The H1-B slow down this year has brought cheers to the medical community and a ...
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