Tahmina quoted in The Seattle Times & Society for Human Resource Management News
It was a busy day for being quoted in the news: First: The Seattle Times published an important story about the difficulties of not having work permission as an H-4[…]
Category: Employment-Based Immigration
StartUpLawTalk Workshop: Invest Visa Provisions- Come Discuss!
Calling all immigrant entrepreneurs! Come discuss the Invest Visa (Startup Visa Act) provisions! See below. STARTUP ACT (INVEST VISA) PROVISIONS RELEASED! LEARN HOW IT AFFECTS YOU! May 13,2013 – Time:[…]
Immigration reform- Blue Card Status
There will be a new immigration status- Blue Card Status for those in the agricultural industry. The bill states someone who performed agricultural employment inthe United States for not fewer than[…]
Immigration reform includes E3 visa reform!
The E3 visa is for Australian citizens only at the moment. Comprehensive immigration reform amends the Act to include Ireland now. In other words, once the bill is enacted, citizens[…]
Startup Visa Provisions under Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill 2013!
The comprehensive immigration reform bill 2013 finally provides the long and anxiously awaited Startup Visa Act provisions. Titled – Investing in New Venture, Entrepreneurial Startups and Technologies, the provisions include[…]
Immigration reform includes- “buy a house- get a US residence visa!”
In all the discussions of immigration reform, I don’t think much mention was made of this provision- the JOLT Act – (Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act. of 2013). Some[…]
Zuckerberg fights the new bill’s H1b provisions
The outline of the immigration reform bill has some very stringent and onerous terms for H1b petitions. See my earliest post today. The requirements include advertising the job for 30[…]
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Copied from AILA. Seems like rejection notices will be sent in May. Regular processing cases should receive receipts soon. I have heard of reports that some applicants with Master’s regular[…]
Happy Schools Blog Question and Answer Series
You may recall that last month Happy Schools Blog and Watson Immigration Law have teamed up to help international students receive better immigration guidance. Below are links to our latest questions and[…]
Wondering when you will see your FY 2014 H1b receipt if you ‘won’ the lottery?
On April 7th 2013, USCIS conducted a computer generated random selection of all the FY 2014 H1b petitions they received. They first conducted the random selection of all the Master’s[…]