If the answer is “yes,” it is time to start thinking about obtaining an H-1B nonimmigrant visa (“H-1B visa”) so that you may stay and work in the United States.�
What is an H-1B Visa?
Much like when in OPT (Optional Practical Training), an H-1B visa allows you to be employed by the company sponsoring the visa [...]

USCIS announced today that the H-1B Cap has been met for year 2010. This is the end of an unusually long period of time USCIS accepted H-1B nonimmigrant visa petitions. This does not effect extensions, amendments, or change of employers for current H-1B visa holders.
Employers may resume filing H-1B petitions on April 1, 2010 for [...]

On December 14, 2009, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that 62,500 H-1B cap-subject petitions have been filed.  Remarkably, this is a 1,000 petition increase over the 61,500 USCIS announced it has received on December 8, 2009.�
The H-1B visa is among the most coveted by U.S. employers because it allows foreign workers in [...]

With an escalation in employer inspections by United States Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Department of Labor (DOL), it has become vital that employers with H-1B employees have their H-1B Public Access Files in order.�
What Documents Should be in a H-1B Public Access File?
To avoid potential costly fines, [...]

On November 19, 2009, at a program titled “2009 Government and Employers: Working Together to Ensure a Legal Workforce,” USCIS’ Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) office’s Chief of Staff, Ronald Atkinson, clarified the three types of employer site visits/inspection programs currently being conducted.  The following types of employer site visits/inspections programs are funded through [...]

All applicants for naturalization must now take the new naturalization test, regardless of when the applicant filed their Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. According to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the redesigned naturalization test is intended to ensure that citizenship applicants have uniform, consistent testing experiences nationwide and that the civics portion can effectively assess whether applicants have a meaningful understanding of U.S. government and history.