H-1B Visa

All prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners are required to use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process

H-1B visa petitioners would also need to pay $215 in pre-registration fees, up from the current $10 fee

A presidential commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has unanimously approved a recommendation for the provision of stamping of H-1B visas inside the US, a move if accepted by President Joe Biden will come as a big relief to thousands of foreign professionals, particularly from India. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. As per the current mandatory practice, one needs to apply for a visa stamp at a US Consulate or Embassy abroad before one's H-1B status can be activated. The move came from the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders during its meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Notably, a large number of them either new or waiting for the renewal of H-1B visas are faci

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the coveted H1-B visas for FY2023 will run through March 1-18.

The Covid pandemic resulted in profound reductions in the Department of State's visa processing capacity

Amid growing concerns of Covid surge, the US is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for some work-visa categories - H-1B, L-1 and O-1

The Joe Biden administration has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to spouses of H-1B visas holders

Modi in his first-ever in-person meeting with US President Joe Biden raised a number of issues involving the Indian community in the US

The move would provide another chance to hundreds of Indian IT professionals who could not make it in the first random selection

The powerful US Chambers of Commerce has launched a campaign to address the acute shortage of skilled and workforce, which includes urging the Biden administration to double the number of H-1B visas

The US Department of Labor has sought feedback from the public on determining the wage levels for the employment of various immigrants and non-immigrants

The US issues up to 85,000 H-1B visas each year. Most of the nearly 600,000 H-1B visa holders are from India and China

Biden let the ban on foreign workers visa, in particular H-1B, lapse as the notification issued by his predecessor Trump expired, a move which is likely to benefit thousands of Indian IT professionals

The US has received enough electronic applications during the initial registration period to reach the 2022 fiscal year cap for the H-1B foreign workers visa

Five powerful Democratic senators urged Biden to rescind Trump's ban on some non-immigrant visas, including the H-1B visa which is popular among Indian IT professionals

Proposes to shift the effective date of the rule to May 14

Legislation would require states to offer mail-in and early voting, limit role of big campaign donors

The current per-country cap on issuing of green cards in the US has resulted in Indian professionals, mostly from the IT sector, having to wait for decades for their legal permanent residency

In 2019, USCIS had made the process to apply for H-1B visas electronic

Dept of Homeland Security will now push date of the rule March 9 to December 31, will review it as a whole for potential changes or for rescinding it