H1B data

Visa for foreign entrepreneurs

2010-08-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

Business week in March has a articles about visa for entrepreneurs. See article here.This week also has short article titled "import job creator". I can not find the link so if someone can provide, it will be great.

2010 H1B visa cap reached

2009-12-27T18:03:00.000-08:00

Finally, 2010 H1B visa cap reached. It usually takes less than a month to reach cap but this time during recession year, cap last almost a year. You can see official USCIS press release here about H1B visa 2010 cap.

Get EB5 Green Card by investing in Dallas

2009-12-18T21:05:00.000-08:00

Dallas Regional Center stir a buzz about getting green card by investing money in city of Dallas project. This is so called EB5 category immigration. If the investment generate at least 10 jobs for the city, in return, you and your family (for spouse and under age children only) get green cards. It might make sense for some wealthy foreigners. Their children get American education and it might

Business Week new article about H1B visa

2009-12-12T21:15:00.000-08:00

Business Week once in a while will have short article about H1B visa. please read here for the most recent one. Some people usually argue H1B visa are cheap labor in IT. That is not true. Not all H1B visa holders are in IT field and they should not be cheap. At least there need to meet Department of Labor salary minimum. They are set by DOL, so there should not be a cheap labor. Even someone

H1b quota used 61100

2009-12-09T07:33:00.000-08:00

There are not much left. H1b quota usually used up within a very short period of time if not a week or so. Now is mid December still have some quota left. Some lawyer estimate that the quota should use up within a week. If you are still in the process of filing the H1B visa, please do not wait. Talk to your boss and let them know what's happening.

Temporary Acceptance of H-1B Petitions Without Department of Labor Certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs)

2009-12-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

This news release about H1b will be better if just read the original post, please check here.

American High Tech Sweatshops and H1B visa

2009-10-07T19:39:00.001-07:00

This week in BusinessWeek magazine talks about H1b visa abuse and some so called "outsourcing consultanting" company how do they mistreat honest H1B visa workers.see article here" Ameircan High Tech Sweatshops and H1B visa"

USCIS name check backlog eliminated

2009-10-04T19:28:00.001-07:00

Name check is one of the important step for USCIS and FBI to determine if you are a good standing person who did not conduct any criminal offensive that might potentially harm USA. Name check used to take for a while and if you are in bad luck, such as the same name as most wanted, it will take a while and there is some backlog. No more. According to the USCIS press release in June, they are

TARP Receiver can not sponsor H1B visa

2009-10-04T19:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry for my reluctant postings recently. As current economic downturn, there are not much movement for H1B. I would like to share some news that occur when U.S. government bailed out some big bank and how it also hurt some skilled workers. Please see news here.

USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2010 H-1B Petitions

2009-04-09T21:24:00.000-07:00

Not sure if this is a good news or not. Having quota left means USA economic is definitely hurt but also means that applicants still have time to file the paper work, looking for opportunities out there.Please see official press release from USCIS here.

Why skilled immigrants are leaving the U.S.

2009-03-04T19:50:00.000-08:00

U.S.A. is a country formed by immigrants came from everywhere. In fact, most of the countries in the world are formed by immigrants. People move. Canada has better open door policy toward immigrants than U.S. but it does not mean there is no problem. Please see full article here.

Buy American, Hire American

2009-02-01T21:03:00.000-08:00

It is impossible to buy all American and Hire all American. just read Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat. (and yes, Mr. Friedman was born in USA) If do so, it might actually hurt America. In this AP article "Bank sought foreign workers" it once again, like some other articles accuse H1B worker got paid less than American. I really do not think so. I do not believe some bank will really pay their

Obama and immigration reform

2009-01-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

Business week has one new article about H1b worker. Nothing new, readers can see here for full article.

Best H1B tracking site

2009-01-02T20:13:00.000-08:00

Not only H1B visa tracking, but green card, labor certificate, H2, I 140, you name it, they got it.please visit trackitt

Application for Naturalization

2009-01-02T20:09:00.000-08:00

Mailing address changed.please see detail at here.

What to do if you did not receive EAD within 90 days

2008-10-05T06:43:00.000-07:00

First, you can call USCIS Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. Ask for "service request" so you can get response within a week or even better, ask for interim card and get a response.Second, you can schedule infopass appointment at local USCIS office. Personally I think this method is not really helping anything as local USCIS office no longer issue EAD. They will still forward your case to service

Citizenship test questions

2008-09-28T09:49:00.000-07:00

After 5 years holding your green card, you can apply for citizenship. You will need to pass 6 questions out of 10 questions that tester ask you. The questions will be chosen from 100 questions pool. Right now there are three languages test available, Chinese, English and Spanish. USCIS also provide flash card so you can better prepare your test. See more educational material here.

Lehman Brothers and H1B

2008-09-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

If Lehman Brothers can disappear overnight then H1B holders sometimes might worry what it the same thing happen to them? When the company file chapter 11, they might still operating so your H1B will be ok as long as you are not laid off. In other words, you need to be "hired" to keep your H1B. When you would like to go to next step, Green Card, it might be risky as USCIS will consider the company

Oct visa bulletin

2008-09-21T14:06:00.000-07:00

Oct visa bulletin does not have good news. Employment base EB2 people from China and India processing time have draw back.

Olympic and Immigrants

2008-08-28T18:44:00.000-07:00

2008 Olympic Games ended in Beijing and U.S.A. won 110 medals. Some of the medalists are immigrants. Lopez Lomong, Nastia Liukin, Benard Lagat, and Henry Cejudo, son of undocumented worker from Mexico.What will it be if there is no more immigrants in U.S.A Olympic Team? Above list is just for 2008 team, what will the list be if we count all Olympic Teams in the history? U.S.A. is used to be the

Use correct form for EAD application

2008-08-26T19:55:00.000-07:00

USCIS sometimes will update forms and if you are DIY your H1B or Green Card application, please pay special attention to those changes. Always download forms directly from USCIS web site instead of from lawyer's site, who know how long those private webiste have not been updated.USCIS remind EAD( Employment Authorization Document) I 765 applicants use correct and updated form. The form should

Nebraska Center requires more RFE

2008-08-23T09:48:00.000-07:00

There are four process center process green card application, California, Texas, Nebraska and Vermont. Often time when I came cross some news published by law firm, they indicate Nebraska center has longer processing time and have more RFE(Require for Evidence). Not sure the reason why. You can check processing time for each center here.

Pay H1B visa fee online

2008-08-17T13:09:00.000-07:00

A lot of people now manage their money online including their checking , saving, CD, stock accounts, etc. Now you can pay your visa fee online at National Visa Center . Usually you pay visa fee while you apply visa and H1B is one of the visa type so this should also applied. I paid my H1B visa fee with cashier's check and I have to ask my family in my home country to do that. With this new

Projected Naturalization Processing Times

2008-08-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

Naturalization processing times are shorten to be 10-12 months. It depends on your local office. To see processing times about your local office please check here.

Visa Bulletin for September 2008

2008-08-14T18:32:00.001-07:00

U.S. Department of State announce September Visa Bulletin. Again, China and India born visa availability is still the focus. EB2 for these tow countries are all current but EB3 is not. for more detail please check here.