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H1-B cap exceeded in one day - 4/05/2007
The cap for H-1B visas for 2008 was reached the day the government began accepting them, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reported.
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The cap for H-1B visas for 2008 was reached the day the government began accepting them, U.S. Citize...
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Legal & Legislative Watch - 12/15/2006
, and the EB3 category - also for healthcare practitioners - will be next. The H-1B visa program, which allows 65,000 temporary workers to reach this country, exceeded its cap last May.
But the recent election
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It's that time of year again: H-1B visas - 3/16/2007
Currently, there is a 65,000-visa cap on the number of H-1B petitions that can be approved in a fiscal year, and the next fiscal year for this type of visa starts Oct. 1, 2007 and ends Sept. 30 ...
Currently, there is a 65,000-visa cap on the number of H-1<...
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House bill seeks to double H-1B cap - 3/30/2007
Legislation seeking to hike the federal government's annual cap on H-1B visas from 65,000 to 115,000 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 22.
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Legislation seeking to hike the federal government's annual cap on H-1B visas f...
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Legislative Watch: Senate rejects overtime changes - 10/24/2003
The Senate rejects overtime pay changes proposed by President Bush and a Federal Reserve economist says H1-B visas do not depress information technology wages. And in California, staffing groups ... that it will continue to push for full congressional approval.
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Still plenty of H-1B visas in special program - 7/28/2005
Only about 8,000 petitions for H-1B visas have been sent in to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service for the additional 20,000 visas made available by Congress.
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Only about 8,000 petitions for H-1B visas have been sent in to the U.S. Citize...
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A sensible immigration policy for IT professionals - 4/27/2006
also is in dire need of reform.
Most information technology workers who are foreign nationals enter the United States under the H-1B (specialty occupations) visa program. Currently, new H-1B petitions
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News - 12/20/2004
skills to work in the United States for nine months. The cutoff, which echoes the limit imposed on H-1B technical worker visas, came when the agency reached its annual cap of 66,000 workers. It has spread
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Legal & Legislative Watch - 12/16/2005
,000 fine to settle immigration law violations, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
An investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division found that Computech brought nonimmigrant H-1B workers
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H-1B visa program to be expanded - 4/07/2005
The Citizenship and Immigration Service is preparing to open the gate to an additional 20,000 H-1B visas, which allow U.S. companies to bring in university-educated foreigners to fill jobs requiring ...
The Citizenship and Immigration Service is preparing to open the gate...
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