04/29/2011 - H-1B Cap Count Update
Current count:
General cap: 9,200 out of 58,200 available (6,800 of the 65,000 total are reserved by treaty for citizens of Singapore and Chile)
U.S. Master’s degree cap: 6,600 out of 20,000
Continued slow usage.
U.S. employers with personnel requirements for highly educated workers, foreign nationals seeking initial H-1Bs.
05/13/2011 - H-1B Cap Count Update
Current count:
General cap: 11,200 out of 58,200 available (6,800 of the 65,000 total are reserved by treaty for citizens of Singapore and Chile)
U.S. Master’s degree cap: 7,900 out of 20,000.
Continued slow usage.
U.S. employers with personnel requirements for highly educated workers, foreign nationals seeking initial H-1Bs.
05/06/2011 - H-1B Cap Count Update
Current count:
General cap: 10,200 out of 58,200 available (6,800 of the 65,000 total are reserved by treaty for citizens of Singapore and Chile)
U.S. Master’s degree cap: 7,300 out of 20,000.
Continued slow usage, though with something of a bump from the last count this time.
U.S. employers with personnel requirements for highly educated workers, foreign nationals seeking initial H-1Bs.
04/23/2011 - H-1B Cap Count Update
Current count:
General cap: 8,000 out of 58,200 available (6,800 of the 65,000 total are reserved by treaty for citizens of Singapore and Chile)
U.S. Master’s degree cap: 5,900 out of 20,000
Continued slow usage.
U.S. employers with personnel requirements for highly educated workers, foreign nationals seeking initial H-1Bs.
04/15/2011 - H-1B Cap Count Update
Current count:
General cap: 7,100 out of 58,200 available (6,800 of the 65,000 total are reserved by treaty for citizens of Singapore and Chile)
U.S. Master’s degree cap: 5,100 out of 20,000
Continued slow usage.
U.S. employers with personnel requirements for highly educated workers, foreign nationals seeking initial H-1Bs
04/07/2011 - H-1B Cap Count Update
Current count:
General cap: 5,900 out of 58,200 available (6,800 of the 65,000 total are reserved by treaty for citizens of Singapore and Chile)
U.S. Master’s degree cap: 4,500 out of 20,000
Much slower usage than last year, less than half of the first count. Doesn't bode well for the economy, but good news for potential H-1B employers who expect increased professional hiring needs middle-term.
U.S. employers with personnel requirements for highly educated workers, foreign nationals seeking initial H-1Bs
3/12/2011 - USCIS Grants 30 Additional Days to Those Stranded in the U.S. Due to Earthquakes/Tsunami in Japan
US Citizenship and Immigration Services have announced that Japanese nationals and other nationals of Pacific nations unable to depart the U.S., and who have exceeded their authorized stay or are about to overstay, can be granted an additional 30 days of lawful presence in the U.S.
See: Relief for Japan and Other Nationals from the Pacific Stranded due to the Earthquakes and Tsunami for instructions on obtaining the additional time.
Additional time permitted for those stranded here.
Anyone from Japan or other Pacific nations stranded in the U.S. and unable to leave the U.S. within the time permitted by their visa on account of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, friends and family of such people.
2/15/2011 – Illegally present men now have Selective Service Registration Requirement!!
The Selective Service System, the U.S. federal government agency responsible for collecting information on men of Draft-eligible age, has indicated on their web site that even men who are illegally present in the U.S. are required to register for with them.
The law states that men must register within 30 days of their 18th birthday, though the Selective Service System accepts late registrations until a man reaches the age of 26. Failure to register can disqualify an individual for eligibility for certain jobs, and in most cases from eligibility to naturalize as a U.S. citizen.
The Selective Service System's promise NOT to collect information which would indicate whether or not an individual was undocumented is encouraging.
Any male 18 to 26 who is illegally present in the U.S. will now be expected to have registered, and should do so in case later otherwise able to legalize their status.
Men between 18 and 26 in the U.S., even if not legally present in the U.S.
01/27/2011 - H-1B Cap Met
US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that as of January 26, 2011, it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the 65,000 cap for the 2011 federal fiscal year.
USCIS will accept no further H-1B petitions after the 26th, returning any it may receive, and will run a lottery system for those received on the 26th itself to see which ones will be allotted H-1B numbers under the cap for the current fiscal year.
Employers seeking new H-1Bs (as opposed to extensions or amendments) will need to wait until April 1 to file petitions with October 1, 2011 start dates.
Employers seeking professional workers, potential H-1B beneficiary foreign nationals.
02/15/2011 - Stuart Reich Speaking Tonight at NYCLA
Stuart Reich will be speaking tonight at the New York County Lawyers' Association on the first three employment-Based Preference Classifications. The talk is part of a Continuing Legal Education panel titled "What You Need To Know To Practice Immigration Law Successfully: Getting Your Client the Right Non-immigrant Visa or 'Green Card.'"
Attorneys interested in immigration law
