No change in H-1B cap count
Copied from USCIS: As ofJuly 24, 2009, approximately 44,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to[…]
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USCIS resume premium processing for certain R-1 petitions
USCIS announced today that, effective today, certain R-1 petition can be filed using premium processing. Premium processing allows a petitioner to pay an additional $1000 for an adjudication within 10[…]
USCIS Updates FY 2010 H-1B Count (Updated 7/13/09)
Reprinted from USCIS website: July 10, 2009 H-1B Cap Count: As of July 10, 2009, approximately 44,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been received by USCIS and counted towards the H-1B cap. Approximately[…]
Maintaining Status When Laid Off
Tahmina’s above article was also published in the July 2009 edition of the Austin South Asian community newspaper as one of the feature stories.
July 3, 2009 H-1B Cap Count
As ofJuly 3, 2009 approximately 45,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject[…]
Maintaining Status When Laid Off
Tahmina’s above article first posted here on May 24, 2009, is the feature story in the Seattle South Asian community newspaper, July 2009 edition, published on July 2, 2009. Please[…]
USCIS updates latest H1B visa numbers
As of June 26, 2009, approximately 44,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to accept both[…]
H1b count reaches 44,500 as of June 24, 2009
Reprinted from USCIS website: As ofJune 19, 2009, approximately 44,500 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to[…]
USCIS Announces Resumption of Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Reprinted from USCIS website. This is certainly welcome news for employment based petitions. WASHINGTON—USCIS announced today that effective June 29, 2009, it will resume Premium Processing Service for Form I-140,[…]
Return to India
This article is reprinted from Little India Magazine. Shiwani Srivastava and Amy Bhatt research and investigate the repercussions of the financial crisis on Indian H1b visa holders. Tahmina Watson is[…]