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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 |
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As of June 18, 2010, approximately 22,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS has receipted 9,700 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees. Thus, there are still plenty of H-1B visas left out of the 65,000 annual H-1B cap subject allocation to go around. Remember that the FY 2011 numbers are to begin work on the H-1B as of October 1, 2010. If an employer wants an employee earlier, we welcome inquiries on whether a particular H-1B worker can begin work earlier through other options. You may always email us at
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Friday, 18 June 2010 |
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The July 2010 Visa Bulletin carries predictions for cutoff date movement for the remainder of FY10, which ends September 30, 2010. The DOS estimates that the best case scenarios for cutoff date movement in EB2 for India and China is March or April 2006. |
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Friday, 28 May 2010 |
On May 20, 2010, the Department of State announced an increase in nonimmigrant visa application processing fees, also called the Machine-Readable Visa (MRV) fee and Border Crossing Card (BCC) fees, and established a tiered structure with separate fees for different nonimmigrant visa categories. The new fees are scheduled to go into effect on June 4, 2010. According to DOS, the new tiered fee structure was created to cover the higher unit costs for processing certain categories of nonimmigrant visas which are generally more complicated and require more in-depth consideration than other categories of nonimmigrant visas. The across-the-board $131 fee set on January 1, 2008 no longer covers the current, actual cost of processing nonimmigrant visas. Under the new schedule of fees, applicants for all visas that are not petition-based, including B1/B2 tourist and business visitor visas and all student and exchange visitor (F, M and J) visas, will pay a fee of $140. Applicants for petition-based visas will pay an application fee of $150. These categories include: H visa for temporary workers and trainees L visa for intracompany transferees O visa for aliens with extraordinary ability P visa for athletes, artists and entertainers Q visa for international cultural exchange visitors R visa for religious occupations
The application fee for K visas for fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens will be $350, and for E visas for treaty-traders and treaty-investors, $390. |
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