Adjustment of Status Through Work Visas for DACA Recipients: …
Dec 12, 2023 · DACA recipients who obtain an H-1B visa could eventually adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR or green card) status. The H-1B visa is a dual intent visa, allowing immigrants to be eligible for lawful permanent resident status after they reach their maximum six-year period of stay under the visa. While on a valid H-1B visa, the employer may ...
Explainer: The Trump Administration's New Rules Restricting H-1B ...
Dec 1, 2020 · The Trump administration has issued a number of rules designed to restrict the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program for high-skilled “specialty occupations.” On October 6, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced two interim final rules which would, among other restrictions, significantly raise minimum wage requirements and limit eligibility for ...
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, December 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024 · On December 17, the Biden administration announced two final rules on the H-1B and H-2 visa programs. On the one hand, the H-1B visa allows U.S. employers to hire noncitizen workers for specialty occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree in various fields. The most relevant change of the H-1B rule is that it narrowed the definition of ...
Explainer: Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Work Visas
Apr 5, 2024 · Numerical limit: Congress set the H-1B visa cap at 65,000 per year in 1990, plus an additional 20,000 visas for people with an advanced degree exemption (approved by Congress in 2004 and thus making the 85,000 the effective annual cap). However, H-1B workers petitioned by higher education institutions, nonprofit research organizations, or ...
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, December 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024 · H-1B Cap Reached for FY 2025. On December 2, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that employers had filed enough petitions to reach the agency’s H-1B visa cap for fiscal year (FY) 2025, including a ceiling of 65,000 regular visas and an additional 20,000 visas for people who meet an advanced degree exemption.
Legislative Bulletin — Thursday, August 25, 2022
Aug 4, 2022 · USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2023 H-1B Cap On August 23, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that the agency had received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap as well as the additional 20,000 H-1B visas reserved for graduates with advanced degrees from a U ...
Border Security and Asylum Reform in the Emergency National …
Feb 6, 2024 · The bill would prevent aging-out of the system by locking in a Documented Dreamer’s age, if they are or were a dependent child of an H-1B visa holder, to the date an initial H-1B petition was filed on behalf of the child’s parent, as opposed to the date the green card becomes available and is issued.
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, October 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023 · The H-1B visa allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers with specialized skills to work in the U.S. for a specific period of time. The stateside visa renewals — which were discontinued in 2004 — are expected to serve a twofold purpose: save applicants from having to leave the country, and reduce the workload of consular offices abroad.
Explainer: Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Academic Training …
Apr 30, 2024 · However, most do not have a guaranteed path to stay in the U.S. after graduation. If they wish to remain in the United States to work, they have a handful of alternatives, including obtaining Optional Practical Training , petitioning for an H-1B nonimmigrant visa, or applying for a green card, along with other limited options.
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, July 21, 2023 - National Immigration …
Jul 21, 2023 · On July 16, Canada debuted a new program offering open work permits to H-1B visa holders in the United States, in hopes of enticing highly educated foreigners to move north for a reprieve from the U.S.’s broken immigration system and the headaches it causes. By the next day, Canada had already reached its maximum number of applicants: 10,000.
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