Tag: H1B
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There are over 10,000 doctors with H1B (specialty) visas and 17,000 doctors with J1 (exchange visitor) currently practicing in the U.S. The visa freeze (and delays of renewal) by USCIS is causing havoc for these doctors many of whom work in rural areas of the U.S. Read here.
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This Dallas Express article indicates that the US Department of Labor has increased its investigations into H1B visa employers (called Project Firewall) to search out fraudulent applications and non-compliance with regulation. H1B regulation intends to prevent underpayment of foreign workers and to maintain US wages. Here is the Department of Labor website about Project Firewall…
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This article explains that the government’s H1B database (used to reserach and analyze the employers using H1B labor) is not longer available. The article says that DHS is working to restore the database.
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The Dallas Express newspaper published this article with the # of H1B visas by employer.
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The National Immigration Forum has provided this explainer for the new $100,000 fee for new applications for H1B visas. In general, the fee applies to applicants living outside of the US and does not apply to re-newals. This explainer provides clarification on Project Firewall from the U.S. Department of Labor which is meant to protect…
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National Immigration Forum provides this explainer for the H-!B proposed rule which replaces the lottery system with the weighted selection lottery. This would give a higher weight (and probability of selection) to jobs that pay more.
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USA Facts has written this article which summarizes the Temporary Work visas issued during FY2024’and explains the priorities given to green card applications. Total Temporary Work Visas issued during FY2024 were:
Immigration Insight 