H-1B Visa

You can get an H-1B visa if you are looking to be employed in jobs that generally require a Bachelor"s degree (called "specialty occupations"). To qualify under the H-1B category, the US employer has to file a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor (DOL). The US employer also has substantiate that he/she is employing foreign workers under conditions that do not weaken the working conditions, benefits, or wages of US citizen employees. The H-1B Visa Procedure 1. The US...Read Full Story

You can get an H-1B visa if you are looking to be employed in jobs that generally require a Bachelor’s degree (called “specialty occupations”). To qualify under the H-1B category, the US employer has to file a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor (DOL). The US employer also has substantiate that he/she is employing foreign workers under conditions that do not weaken the working conditions, benefits, or wages of US citizen employees.Read Full Story

Sat, Feb 4 2012 11:36 IST | 4 Views | Add your comment SHARE: To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit professionals from India. The interim measures are aimed at improving the competitiveness of US companies in the world market and stimulating US job creation before comprehensive immigration reforms for "fixing our...Read Full Story

California-13, February, 2012- In a stunning revelation, the analysis of latest data that has been obtained from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shows that the agency has systematically and dramatically increased denials of L-1 and H-1B petitions to Immigrants, mostly from Indian subcontinent. This trend has been noticed since the past four years, despite no [...]Read Full Story

images Short Hair Styles Column 3 Tightby flat top hair styles DSJ 05-15 08:37 PM If consultant companies are not suppose to body shop most of us will be jobless. Please look back how you came to this country in the past. Body shopping in not a new concept for H1-B, don't know why they are concered now. I do grasp the concept of consultancy, thanks. You know as well as I that we are not dealing with a 'narrow group' of people misusing the current H-1B system to enter the United States as...Read Full Story

Editor’s Note: A recent New York Times op-ed by Dowell Myers argues that we need to shift from an “immigration policy,” focused on border enforcement, to an “immigrant policy” focused on the integration of those who are already here. The argument is based on reports that illegal immigration to the United States has dropped dramatically. Michelle Mittelstadt, director of communications for the Migration Policy Institute, takes a closer look behind the numbers in the context of global migration...Read Full Story

Contributed by Jacqueline Lentini McCullough The Administrator, Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor ( ARB ) recently found that the time for which an approved H-1B employee was unavailable to start work while she was waiting for a Social Security card to be issued, was nonproductive status, entitling her to back pay. ( Matter of Univ. of Miami v. Gabriele Wirth, M.D., ARB Case No. 10-090, dated 12/20/11). The University of Miami is a teaching hospital and Dr. Wirth was a...Read Full Story

A Stroke of The Pen stroke of a pen – below for more information. stroke of a pen A Stroke of The Pen is a collection of short stories and poems, all of which are fiction. Each in its own way may evoke some little memory for the reader. Some are of a more serious nature, bringing a smile to the face or a shiver to the spine, but hopefully all of them are entertaining. A Stroke of The Pen on the button for more stroke of a pen information and reviews. (162/365) The day before...Read Full Story

Tue, Oct 25 2011 22:03 IST | 19 Views | Add your comment SHARE: In a sign of its burgeoning relationship with New Delhi, the US government Tuesday said it had increased H-1B visas issued to Indians by 24 percent between 2010 and 2011. The H-1B visas, which allow skilled professionals to work on a temporary basis in the US, has gone up from 54,111 issued in 2010 to 67,195 in 2011. India has been consistently pressing the US for a prompt resolution of the problems being...Read Full Story

Washington: To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit professionals from India. The interim measures are aimed at improving the competitiveness of US companies in the world market and stimulating US job creation before comprehensive immigration reforms for "fixing our broken immigration system," the Department of Homeland Security...Read Full Story