Over the past decade, more immigrants have come to the United States from Asia than from any other region in the world, making Asians the fastest growing immigrant population in the United States. These immigrants bring their diverse cultures, language skills, and different economic and demographic traits from various Asian countries and the Indian subcontinent.As…
If all had gone according to plan, German Coppola would have been earning $130,000 this year as the senior vice president of sales and marketing at a U.S.-based data-capture company. Instead, the Spaniard’s application for an H-1B visa to work in the U.S. — along with tens of thousands of others’ — wasn’t even considered.…
NEW YORK: After five years, the US and India are back to the negotiating table on the contentious issue of a Totalization pact, which would entail giving back social security contributions to Indian workers who work temporarily in the country, and then return back to India. In all, four previous rounds of talks have…
With the May 26, 2015 effective date of H-4 spouse work authorization rule (“H-4 EAD Rule”) approaching, a lawsuit has been filed trying to block the implementation of the Rule, which allows spouses of certain H-1B visa holders to apply for work authorization. On April 23, 2015, Save Jobs USA, a group of former employees of Southern…
A defense budget amendment intended to open the military up to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as minor children may have died by a House vote last week, but a veteran immigration attorney said legislation is unnecessary because the Defense Department already has that authority. “The President already has statutory authority to let them…
There are many educated and talented international job seekers in the US and companies can hire them easily with the right paperwork and this is not as costly as the employers think. Employers only need to file a work visa called H-1B in order to hire the international candidate. Especially, employers in STEM fields are…
For more than a decade, the U.S. immigration debate has been dominated by the legislative battle over comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). In the last few years, the debate has shifted to the scope of the President’s discretion on how to enforce the law and, in particular, who to target and who to leave alone. States…
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs now offers U.S. residents the option to pay with cash for non-immigrant visas on behalf of friends and family applying through the United States Interests Section in Havana.Through this partnership between Stanley Associates, Inc. (Stanley), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CGI Federal Inc. (CGI) (NYSE: GIB)(TSX: GIB.A)…
Manufacturing in the U.S. has succeeded because our solutions are grounded on fundamental values. The first of these values is free enterprise: market forces that drive innovation and growth. Another is competitiveness: our ability to invest and expand markets and succeed in the global economy. These values have enabled manufacturing to make a very valuable…
H1-B is an employment based non-immigrant employment visa. H1-B visa category enables United States employers to bring skilled foreign employees to the United States for temporary employment. A United States employer may hire a foreign national from within or outside the United States. The first step is to determine the prevailing wage for the position.…