CAP-GAP OVERVIEW
H-1B Visa applications for 2014 are accepted by the USCIS from the 1st of April. There is a 65,000 cap imposed on H-1B annual limit and an additional 20,000 H-1B visas are assigned specially for…
2013
Startup Act 3.0 – Visas to Foreign Born Entrepreneurs and STEM Graduates
A new immigration reform bill Startup Act 3.0 was introduced early last week in both the House and Senate. The Startup Act 3.0 bill is an approach targeted in increasing the number of green cards…
Obama on Immigration Reform:Send me the Bill, I will sign it
The U.S. President Barack Obama addresses regarding Immigration Reform once again, at the State of the Union Speech which was held this Tuesday, February 12th 2013. His talk focused on the high-skilled immigrants who work in…
USCIS UPDATE: UPCOMING MAR 2013 EB2 AND EB3 PRIORITY DATES
EB2 and EB3 Predictions and Current Status: USCIS released its March 2013 Edition of Visa. It has been more than 3 months that the EB2 priority date hasn’t moved forward, and it still remains the same…
H-1B Visa Interview – PIMS Update Overview
We have received quite a few emails, requesting to write on what PIMS (Petition Information Management Service) exactly is and how it would affect a candidate appearing for a visa interview at the U.S. consulate….
H-1B visa 2014 – Cap Count Updates,Predictions,Tracker
H1B 2014 Cap Count : This page by H1BWiki is targeted to track H-1B filing updates for 2014. Are you filing H-1B this year? Check out the post on H-1B Visa 2014 Q&A. This post answers…
Visa Stamping Experience – 221(g) at Ottawa, Canada
One of our H1BWiki readers recently got his H-1B Stamping in Canada. Initially, he got a 221(g) issued by the visa officer and then the visa was finally approved after a long wait. Here is…
Immigration Reform: ‘Now Is the Time’
The United States President Barack Obama finally says “Now Is the Time” for the Immigration Reform. The President at one of his meetings at Las Vegas on Tuesday talked about his idea and plan for immigration…
Green Cards Break Out Percentages – Outlook
It has been noted that every year only around 6.5% of non-immigrants obtain green cards under Employment-based categories. According to the obtained statistics from sources like abcnews, we see that a total of 1,062,040 people…
New Immigration Bill for H-1B’s to be Introduced Next Week
A bipartisan group of senators are planning to introduce a new high-skilled immigration bill next week, which would make a huge difference to those non-immigrants who would want to work in the United States under…