US H-1B and L-1 visa fee increases; Indian IT firms respond
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12:01 19/01/2016
The controversial fee increases for an H-1B visa (from $2,000 to $4,000) and the L-1 visa (from $2,250 to $4,500), have received widespread news coverage in recent weeks. Unsurprisingly, the visa fee...
More US H-2B visas for temporary workers
13:01 15/01/2016
Thanks to the massive Omnibus spending bill signed by Obama on 18 December 2015 to avoid a possible "Government Shutdown" there is in effect an increase in the 66,000 H-2B visas available for fiscal...
US H-1B and L-1 visa doubling of visa fees controversial
14:47 13/01/2016
The much reported visa fee increases for both the H-1B visa (from $2,000 to $4,000) and the L-1 visa (from $2,250 to $4,500) have unsurprisingly caused some ripples between Indian and US official...
US employment-based immigration changes proposed
19:39 08/01/2016
The Department of Homeland Security [DHS] is proposing employment-based immigration regulations to make life easier for highly-skilled immigrants and their employers in the US. The proposed...
US H-1B and L-1 visa fees doubled affecting Indian companies
9:36 30/12/2015
The additional fees for H-1B and L-1 visas which mainly affected Indian owned companies in the US ended on 1 October 2015 only to be brought back on 19 December 2015. ,The US government has increased...
3 million US work permits, work visas and green cards issued
19:20 17/12/2015
Over 3 million foreign nationals were issued with US work permits, working visas [including L-1A and L-1B visas and H-1B visas ] and green cards [including EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 ] according to the most...
