Microsoft presses US immigration for H-1B reform
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9:18 21/01/2013
Last year, Microsoft reported that it was looking for qualified IT professionals. Last September, it announced that it had 6,000 vacancies that it could not fill, 3,400 of these were IT roles. It...
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15:06 13/06/2012
US Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS) announced that as of June 11, 2012, the cap of 65,000 H-1B visa petitions has been met for fiscal year (FY) 2013. In addition, the 20,000 petition cap...
High demand for US H-1B visas - Apply now!
11:50 28/05/2012
There has been a surge in demand for the popular US H-1B visas that companies use to bring graduate level highly skilled workers to the country. As of 18 May, US Citizenship and Immigration Services...
US H-1B advanced degree level cap nearly met - Apply now!
10:39 19/05/2012
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, as of 11 May 2012, it has already received 36,700 H-1B cap-subject petitions out of the 65,000 available visas. Additionally,...
US Senator proposes increasing available H-1B visas
11:50 18/05/2012
US Republican Senator John Cornyn has proposed legislation to increase the number of H-1B visas that are issued to foreigners who have graduated with a master's and doctoral degree from a US...
