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The USCIS has announced that it will release a new I-129 form on November 23, 2010. The new form will go into effect the same day that the USCIS plans to raise its application fees. The I-129 form is used by multiple types of nonimmigrant workers, including H-1B workers, L-1 workers, and O-1 nonimmigrants. … Continue reading “USCIS to Release New I-129 Form For Nonimmigrant Workers” Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently ran a story about the increasing difficulty companies are having obtaining temporary visas for workers who they need to operate their companies. The story focused on two American companies who are suffering because of the increasing difficulty. The first is a family farm who has been unable to recruit American workers to … Each week the USCIS update its count of a 20 petitions filed for upcoming fiscal year 2011 (starting October 1, 2010). As of July 13, 2010 the USCIS has received 29,700 petitions toward the 65,000 quota and 12,300 petitions towards the 20,000 quota for applicants with advanced degrees. Once the quotas are met, the H-1B … The USCIS has recently updated its count of H-1B petitions filed for the upcoming fiscal year (starting October 1). Currently, USCIS has received 28,500 petitions towards the 65,000 quota, and 11,900 petitions towards the 20,000 quota for applicants with advanced degrees. Once the quotas are meet, the H-1B will be unavailable until the beginning of … The Senate has recently passed a border enforcement bill meant to provide greater resources to the Customs and Border Protection Agency. A part of the bill includes a new fee that is placed on some H-1B and L-1 petitions. A new fee of $2000 will apply to H-1B petitions from companies that have 50 or … Continue reading “Border Patrol Bill Includes New H-1B and L-1 Fees” USCIS has recently released their weekly update on the number of cap-subject H-1B applications that have been filed for this fiscal year. As of May 28, 2010 – 20,800 H-1B petitions have been received for the 65,000 cap and 8,700 H-1B visas have been received for the U.S. Masters cap of 20,000. April 1st was the first day that cap subject H-1B applications could be filed for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2010. This start date is important because each year the government imposes a cap of 65,000 regular H-1B visas (and 20,000 H-1B Master visas). So far this year, 16,025 H-1B petitions have been received … The annual H-1B season is off to a very slow start as USCIS has indicated that only 9,525 H-1B applications have been received (as of April 5th) for the new H-1B year beginning in October. 6,791 of those applications apply directly towards the main quota amount of 65,000. The low turnout was to be expected…especially … Beginning April 1, 2010, employers can submit an H-1B visa petition for an individual that they want to employ beginning October 1, 2010. Each year, the U.S. government imposes an arbitrary cap on 65,000 H-1B visas. In recent memory, with the exception of last year, the cap has been reached within days of the April … The USCIS has announced that the H-1B quota of 65,000 visas has been met for the fiscal year. Unlike previous years where the quota was met within days of it becoming available, this years quota was not met for nearly nine months. As of December 8, 2009, only 3500 H-1B Visas remain available for this fiscal year. Each year the government imposes an arbitary quota of 65,000 H-1B visas for the fiscal year. In the past the 65,000 limit was reached within a few business days of them becoming available (April 1st). However, with the downturn in … H-1B Numbers Closing In On Annual Cap The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that H-1B filings for the fiscal year are increasing and that only a tad over 10,000 H-1B visa slots remain available for the current fiscal year. The annual cap is 65,000 for normal H-1B visas. H-1B visa filings … On June 26th, the USCIS announced that it had received 44,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions since April. This means that over 20,000 slots remain before the H-1B annual limit of 65,000 is reached. As the recession continues, many have tired to find solace by looking at the good that has come out of previous economic downturns. Many have commented that the majority of today’s leading companies were started during economic down turns. Sunday’s Thomas Friedman article looks a bit deeper into that statement, and believes that innovation … In the latest installment of the New York Times’ series examining immigration in the United States, the newspaper asks, “Do We Need Foreign Technology Workers?” In the piece, the paper asks six “experts” in immigration policy to answer that question. The responses, coupled with the readers’ comments, cover the entire spectrum of possible answers. Although … |
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