US firms finding it harder to get L-1B 'specialized knowledge' visas
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9:54 08/10/2012
US firms are concerned that it is getting harder to transfer skilled staff from offices outside the US using the L-1B visa. Fifty leading US companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, wrote an open...
US to begin accepting applications for temporary work visas from young illegal immigrants
18:35 07/08/2012
US President Barack Obama announced last week that the US will begin charging US$465 starting August 15 for temporary work permits for young illegal immigrants. Obama announced the new immigration...
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...
US H-1B visa cap reached
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...
US H-1B visas nearly run out - Apply for yours now!
13:17 07/06/2012
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, as of 1 June 2012, it has already received 55,600 H-1B visa cap-subject petitions out of the 65,000 available visas. Additionally...
