US Visa Bulletin for January 2016 benefits Indians
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10:05 22/01/2016
The US Visa Bulletin for January 2016, issued by the Department of State (DoS), showed movement in dates to allow for earlier processing of employment based immigrant visas in some cases. These dates...
US H-1B and L-1 visa fee increases; Indian IT firms respond
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...
Tier 2 visa crucial to Devon and Cornwall says CBI regional director
16:59 16/01/2016
The UK, South-West Regional Director for CBI, Deborah Waddell, has described the Tier 2 visa and skilled immigration in general as crucial to the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The Confederation of...
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...