American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act

Report – changes to the US immigration H-1B temporary work visa

11:31 25/04/2013
A group of US senators has released the draft Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (The Act). The Act was drafted by the Gang of Eight; a group of eight...

2014 H-1B quota reached on April 5th 2013

18:33 11/04/2013
As workpermit.com predicted, demand for H-1B visas this year has been extremely strong. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received 124,000 applications for H-1B visas by 5th April...

South Korea urges US to increase H-1B visa quota

12:17 06/08/2012
South Korea is urging the US to increase the quota of the popular US H-1B visas for its citizens. "Riding on the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the South Korean government will step up...

Report urges Congress to increase H-1B visa cap

18:34 23/07/2012
The US economy is being held back because the government has not increased the cap on H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, according to a new report from analysts at the Brookings Metropolitan...

Canadian Immigration to increase Federal Skilled Worker Program quota

10:36 16/12/2011
The Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) have announced they plan to accept even more immigrants under the Federal Skilled Worker program in 2012. In its report to the Parliament of...

US immigration H-1B visa cap met for foreign skilled workers

9:02 30/11/2011
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced they have received enough petitions for graduate level skilled workers under the H-1B visa program to meet the cap of 65,000 for fiscal year...

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