Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Intel among the top companies hiring expats in 2017Expat hires by Indian It firms dropped by 6,324 in 2017It companies fear that electronic registration may discriminate against them A rising number of visa application rejections and stringent documentation have already made it hard for Indian IT Firms in the USA to hire expats. The latest … [Read more...]
USA H1B Visa Processing At Its Slowest Since 2014
Processing time increased from 2.9 months to 7.8 monthsMany companies have had to pause critical projectsVisa applicants already in the USA face practical difficulties like license renewals A study recently revealed that the time for an H1B visa processing has increased by about 169% in just the past four years. Read on to find out more. The White House The H1B visa … [Read more...]
Will Citizenship get Easier for H1B Visa Holders?
Visa Cap for the H1B program has remained unchanged since 2004A proposal to increase this cap may be finalized later in 2019A change in policy may favor highly skilled and educated visa applicants According to President Trump’s latest tweet, citizenship may be easier to obtain for H1B visa holders. Read on to find out more. For H1B visa holders, US citizenship may become … [Read more...]
H1B Changes Announced in 2018 – A Complete List
Sponsor companies must now register online before the lottery and submit documents only for lottery winners Order of Regular and Masters lottery to be reversed Earlier changes include reduced validity of the H1B visa and full discretion given to USCIS to deny petitions For the past two years, the H1B visa program has been undergoing constant changes. Recently he USICS … [Read more...]
H1B Visa Petitions to be Submitted Electronically
Companies sponsoring H1B visa petitions to pre-register online The move can save sponsoring companies a lot of money USCIS may make the H1B visa lottery more criteria driven and less random Going for all the US H1B visa petitions must be applied online. Companies sponsoring H1B visa applicants will not have to pre-register online for the H1B visa lottery. Read on to … [Read more...]
