Current approval process by the State Department mired in delays. AB Wire NEW YORK: U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Tom Emmer (R-MN), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation on Thursday that would direct the State Department to speed-up the visa approval process for international physicians who are slated to work at…
While they did not receive much attention when they were released last month, new projections from the Census Bureau show the enormous impact of immigration on the U.S. population. For the first time, the Bureau projected the future size of the immigrant (foreign-born) population and found that by 2023 immigrants will account for more than…
By Chris Fuchs Investing at least a half million dollars in an American business is one of the fastest routes to a green card. But beginning May 1, that pathway will slow down for Chinese citizens, who in 2014 made up 85 percent of investors awarded this visa, known as the EB-5. Lead Attorney Jean…
Libbey Tucker and Sharif Ahmed are waiting to find out if they won the lottery, but not the multimillion-dollar payday kind. They also have more at stake than a few dollars invested at the local convenience store. Tucker, who oversees information technology for the city of Chesterfield, is waiting to hear whether she can keep…
Temporary H1B visas do not encourage brilliant engineers to stay in the U.S. and continue innovation and job creation. Jack O’Toole’s guest commentary (“Modernizing visa system…” April 16) endorsed the Hatch Immigration Innovation Act, which has also been endorsed by Sen. Kelly Ayotte. He points out the value of keeping the brilliant foreign engineers from…
Seattle — To ready herself for a job hunt, Niyati Desai has started updating her résumé and reaching out to professional contacts. In her native India, Desai, 32, managed marketing accounts for global companies such as Procter & Gamble and Prudential. But she worries about the eight-year gap in her employment history. “No matter how…
When we look at a map to find a path to our intended destination, we look at various possible routes. We look for the one that will get us to our destination the fastest, and with as little difficulty and uncertainty as possible. The terrain of immigration law in the United States can be complex…
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Companies are seeking more foreign workers than ever before to fill highly skilled jobs in technology and other industries, but the United States will grant visas to just a fraction of them in a lottery that began this week. Anxious to bump up those visa limits, a bipartisan campaign is seeking to make…
(Reuters) – Applications for H-1B visas allowing U.S. businesses to hire foreign workers in science,engineering and computer programming totaled a record 233,00 for fiscal 2016, according to government figures released on Monday. A maximum of 85,000 of the work visas, including 20,000 for holders of master’s degrees, are available each year under limits set by Congress, despite years of heavy lobbying…
The United States is on pace to legally admit 10 million immigrants over the next decade, an amount equal to the current populations of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and St. Louis combined, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). And that’s just legal immigration, which doesn’t count the addition of illegal immigrants, including…