USCIS Updates Count of FY2010 H-1B Petition Filings
USCIS has updated that only 42,000 petitions were received. Hopefully this means people will have a better chance of being successful at getting a new H1b visa, rather than be[…]
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AILA Discusses How H-1Bs Reflect the Economic Conditions
AILA discusses how the adverse economy has impacted the H1b application process. It was already predicted that the cap would not be reached this year. However, I am not sure[…]
More on H-1B Demand for FY2010
Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09040862 (posted Apr. 8, 2009)” USCIS has informed AILA that within the first five business days, USCIS received almost half the petitions needed to[…]
USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2010 H-1B Petitions
USCIS confirmed today that the H1b cap was not met in the first five days. They will continue to accept petitions until the cap is met. Please read below for[…]
Small Number of H-1B Cap Subject Cases Receipted in Error
AILA posted the below notice today. If you have filed an H1b petition this year and received a receipt notice already, please follow the instructions below: Cite as “AILA InfoNet[…]
Microsoft Discusses H1b Visas
Microsoft General Counsel, Brad Smith, discusses the need for H1b visas: Every year around this time, there is a vigorous discussion of immigration issues. That’s because early April is the[…]
AILA Liaison Provides Clarification of H-1B Lottery System
The American Immigration Lawyers Association clarified how the lottery system will be determined this year: Members have questioned whether the regulation governing conduct of the H-1B random selection (e.g., “lottry”)[…]
H1b cap unlikely to be reached this year.
In the last few years, H1b visas have been in high demand. Only 65,000 visas are issued each year (85,000 including applicants with Masters degrees). The number of applications had[…]
Microsoft fights back on H1b visas
Microsoft responds to H1b visas issues raised in a letter by Senator Grassley. Economic Hard Times and the Global Technology Workforce Microsoft is not sheltered from the unprecedented crisis battering[…]