H-1B visa

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...