Did you know you can avoid the H1B quota?
In 2007, it took only 24 hours to fill up the 65,000 strong H1B quota. Unlike previous years, when getting the petition through on the first few days meant surety of reciept if nothing else, this year it didn’t matter who sent the applications earlier and [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The cap on H-2B visas for the year 2008 was reached on the first week of January, announced the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). January 2nd 2008 is being considered the “final receipt date” for the cap limit of 33,000 H2B visas. Applicants for these H-2B petitions will be eligible for work on [...]
The February 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), has finally marked EB-2 U (Unavailable) for Indians for this month. The EB2 cutoff date for China shows no movement. The February Visa Bulletin will come into effect from February 1, 2008.
Employment Based Categories
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China (PRC)
India
Mexico
Philippines
EB-1
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EB-2
Current
01-01-03
Unavailable
Current
Current
EB-3
11-01-02
11-15-01
05-08-01
04-22-01
11-01-02
Unskilled
10-01-01
10-01-01
10-01-01
10-01-01
10-01-01
EB-4
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Religious
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
EB-5
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
EB-1 (Priority Workers)
EB-2 (Advanced Degrees Holders or [...]
July Approved LCs set to expire January 12th
Have you filed I-140 yet?
We would like to remind our readers that all Labor Certifications (LCs) approved on or before July 16th 2007 will expire on Jan 12, 2008.
If our readers remember, in May 2007 the Amendments to Labor Certification rules were published which went into [...]

