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Are You Feeling Lucky?

Today is the day. It is April 1st and in the bizarre world of American immigration law that can only mean one thing – the “H-1B season” is finally open. A relatively new phenomenon, the “H-1B season” refers to the time period when businesses can apply for new H-1B visas for the upcoming fiscal …

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Will the H-1B be Less of a Lottery This Year?

Over the last few years obtaining an H-1B visa has become an unintended lottery. The demand for H-1Bs has far exceeded the arbitrary limit of 65,000 petitions allowed each year. Each year, the excess demand has caused the quota to be met almost instantaneously and has caused the government to randomly choose the petitions …

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Silicon Valley Start-ups, Patient Applications, and Immigrants

Often anti-immigration groups lecture about immigrants taking jobs away from American employees. Given a recent BusinessWeek.com article, the more appropriate question seems to be: how many American jobs do immigrants create?

The article pointed to two telling stats. First, the article found that when the number of H-1B visas increased, the number of patent …

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