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The Department of State published a final rule creating two new nonimmigrant visa categories – F3 and M3, for residents and citizens of Mexico and Canada. The visa will allow Canadian and Mexican commuters to enter the United States to attend an approved F or M school. What is the background of these new visa […]
For thousands of American employers, the H-1B visa program is the primary method for bringing in professional level foreign employees. The visa has been the subject of considerable media attention in recent years because Congress has set limits on the numbers of workers allowed in on H-1B visas. What is an H-1B visa? The H-1B […]
For a flow chart of the H-1B visa case process, please visit the following link: H-1B Flow chart
In 2006, USCIS released a long awaited regulations implementing the new 20,000 bonus H-1B quota for graduates of US graduate degree programs. The 65,000 available visas for fiscal year 2005 were used up on October 1, 2004, the very first day of the fiscal year. This bonus quota was created last year by Congress and […]
This week the Department of Labor issued a decision finding an employer liable for $1 million in back pay and $100,000 in civil fines for various labor condition application violations. We thought it would be appropriate to run an article on the requirements of the labor condition application (LCA). The requirement of a LCA was […]
In November 2006, Congress approved legislation to extend the H-1C program for three more years. The program remains unchanged in substance. Late in 1999, Congress passed the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act, which calls for the creation of a new H-1C visa for nurses going to work for up to three years in health […]
The H-2A temporary agricultural visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign nationals to enter the U.S. to carry out temporary or seasonal agricultural labor or services. Given estimates that more than half of America ’s agricultural workers are undocumented immigrants, the use of the H-2A visa is becoming more and more important. What are […]
The H-2B program allows the entry of foreign workers into the United States on a temporary basis when qualified U.S. workers are not available and when the employment of those foreign workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. The H-2B program is limited by law to a […]
On March 10, 2004, USCIS announced that it had received enough H-2B applications to meet the congressionally mandated cap of 66,000 workers for 2004. The new allocation of visas will be available for work beginning on October 1, 2004. We advise people subject to the cap looking for alternative strategies to consult early with their […]
