H-1B

Lottery Done! 233,000 H-1B Applications Received – H-1B 2016

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received 233,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period which began April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. The lottery was completed…


H-1B Visa Cap Reached – FY 2016

H-1B Visa Cap has reached on April 7, 2015 and there would a lottery this time too as predicted. USCIS has not revealed the total number of petitions they received. USCIS will soon release the…


H-1B Visa 2016 – 180,000 Applications?

H-1B Visa 2016 Applications are officially being accepted from today by the USCIS. The applications are for the Fiscal Year 2016, which starts from October 1st 2015 and ends September 30th 2016. Predictions: According to some reliable sources,…




Increase H-1B Visa Cap – S 153 Bill

Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah introduced the S 153 bill. Along with Senator Hatch, Senators Jeff Flake from Arizona, Marco Rubio from Florida, Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota, Chris Coons from Delaware, and Richard Blumenthal from…




Green Cards For STEM Graduates? – HR 2131

Representative Darrell Issa of California and 22 other members of the Republican Party introduced the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Jobs Act, also known as Hr 2131 bill, an update to the current Visa…


Is 401k a good option for H1B Visa holder?

It is often difficult to make decisions about future, especially when you are thirty or forty years away from your retirement. However, the years do fly especially after the age of thirty five and if…