Foreign students to the US skip out on J-1 visas, become national criminals
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12:30 10/08/2006
In a cautionary tale for all immigrants, eleven students acquired expensive and difficult to obtain U.S. student visas , then didn't show up for the school that accepted them. Within days they became...
US H-1B advance degree exemption update
11:37 19/06/2006
As previously reported, all of the 66,000 H-1B visas for the Fiscal Year 2007 (FY 2007) have been allocated and further applications have not been accepted since 26 May, 2006. Holders of an H-1B may...
Annual limit on H1-B visa raised US Senate immigration bill
19:16 30/05/2006
There are a number of hidden details in the immigration reform bills passed by each house of the US Congress in the past weeks. The Senate bill alone is over 600 pages, with dozens of amendments...
Updates on current H-1B and H-2B US visa targets
19:59 22/05/2006
Beginning on 01 October, 2006, beneficiaries of several visa classes for the United States will be permitted to begin work (the start of FY 2007). Some of the available categories have reached their...
H-1B visa increase one step closer
13:10 30/03/2006
The US could soon be doubling the number of work visas for skilled IT specialists wishing to work in the country. The Senate committee has approved one part of a controversial immigration bill...
US tech industry pushes for more H-1B visas
14:18 13/02/2006
President Bush's recent call for more visas for skilled foreign workers increases the likelihood that relief is on the way for U.S. technology firms that say they are struggling to fill key positions...
