Proposed Rule to Re-engineer H-2B Process Changes proposed to temporary Labor Certification Process The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has published its advance copy of a proposed rule modifying the existing H2B process, specifically the Temporary Labor Certification process. The proposed rule will re-engineer the H2B filing and review into a centralized process. Among [...]

Republican Bill to Make Room for More Immigrant Visas! Proposes to Replace DV Lottery with Visa for Advanced Degree Holders While attempts have been made to terminate the Diversity Lottery or Green Card Lottery program before, none of them had put forward such a desirable replacement program of Immigrant Visa for Advanced Degree holders. The [...]

2009 H-1B Visa Season What to expect under the new rules? The H1B Season for 2009 will open today. Speculations are high as to how long it will take for the applications to overtake the quota – one day like last year or more. The situation this year is however a little different from the [...]

Comprehensive Immigration Reforms What Happens After Election? Going by the latest poll results, it’s pretty much clear who are going to be the two main candidates in this year’s US Presidential election – Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Interestingly, Obama has supported Immigration reforms and has taken a little more hard-line stance then [...]

US Presidential Candidates Who Is The Best Bet For Legal Immigrants? With Candidates dropping off almost weekly, currently there are only two democrats and four republicans running for the US President’s post as of February 1, 2008. Democrat senator from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has a lot of points in her favor, starting with [...]