H-1B visa

Weekly Immigration News: The President’s Plan

President Biden’s plans have continuously been under fire for failing to hold up to public expectation, however, although he has yet to reach the height of his campaign promise, many of the President’s recent moves point towards improving our immigration system. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore

Thousands of H-1B Applicants Lose Their Jobs

It is past October 1, 2018 and USCIS has yet to process thousands of H-1B applications, putting in jeopardy a ton of H-1B visa applicants who can no longer work in the United States as of yesterday. Applicants for an H-1B visa who had with expired F-1 visas or recent graduates who worked under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program are given an extension — known as a “cap...

Time to Plan for H-1B Season

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting H-1B highly skilled non-immigrant petitions for fiscal year 2016 on April 1, adding that it expects to receive more petitions than there are visas available. The annual H-1B cap is 65,000, with an additional 20,000 visas reserved for workers with a master’s degree or higher from a U.S. college or university. In 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received 172,500 H-1B...

The Much Anticipated H-4 EAD Unveiled

The Department of Homeland Security has finally announced that effective May 26, 2015, spouses of H-1B non-immigrants on H-4 visas can apply for employment eligibility. The news is welcome relief for thousands of spouses on H-4 visas who have been lawfully present in the U.S. but unable to work legally. The rule change would allow H-4 spouses to apply for employment authorization if their H-1B spouse is a beneficiary of an approved...