United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued new procedures for filing a Form I-140 or Petition for Alien Worker (which requires an approved LC) in repose to the Department of Labors final rule on Labor Certification, which made a few amendments which included terminating LC substitution and introducing an 180 day expiry [...]
The fate of H-1B quota, which is being debated currently in the US Senate, is directly linked to the fate of thousands of professional aliens who dream of working and making it big in the land of opportunities. However, the land of opportunities seems to have come to the conclusion that it has given [...]
On May 17, 2007, the Department of Labor issued a number of amendments to the existing Labor certification rules through a Final Rule. The major changes included termination of the practice of substituting aliens on approved LC. The new amendments go into effective from July 16, 2007. USCIS has already issued new guidelines on [...]
Alternatives to H-1B
Escaping the Quota Trap
Now that we are close to completing both the H1B regular and master’s quota for the fiscal year 2008, and the next chance for applying will only happen on April 1st 2008, it is good to assess alternatives to H1B.
Looking at the staggering demand for the work visa this [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have proposed changes to the existing rules of the Religious Worker Visa category. The new rules are focused on mainly two things; first, to remove any opportunity for fraud and second, to streamline the program.
Why USCIS is changing the current rules?
The Religious Visa category has been under the investigation [...]
