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The H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant visa that allows an international worker in a specialty occupation to come to the U.S. and work. A specialty occupation is one that requires a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in a specific specialty, for example the sciences, medicine, health care, education, biotechnology, computer technology, and business.

H-1B work visas are in high demand because only 65,000 are issued each fiscal year (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30). In addition, each year 6,800 skilled foreign workers from Chile (1,400) and Singapore (5,400) are issued an H-1B1 visa.?? There are also 20,000 H-1B visas available for US Master's Degree holders.

H-1B visas are valid for a three-year period and can be extended for one additional three-year period. After a worker has resided in the U.S. for six continuous years, he or she must leave and remain outside the U.S. for at least one year before another H-1B visa can be issued.

Don't Be Caught Off-Guard: CIS H-1B Site Visits are in Full Swing.
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
November 15, 2009

For the past few months, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services ("CIS") has conducted an investigation program aimed at visiting H-1B petitioner worksites throughout the U.S.  These site visits began as part of the CIS’ goal to decrease the number of H-1B violations and instances of fraud reported by the H-1B Benefit Fraud & Compliance Assessment from CIS’ Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (“FDNS”), published this past September.  According to the FDNS’ findings, as many as one in five H-1B applications were affected by either fraud or “technical violations” of the H-1B program. Click to read more about what this means for employers.

 

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H-1B visa applications lowest since 2003
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
November 09, 2009

According to a Mercury News article from Nov. 1, 2009, "More than six months after the federal government began accepting petitions for work visas popular with Silicon Valley companies, thousands of spots remain open, a reflection of the nation's high unemployment and the political pressure to hire citizens, experts say."

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