May 1st, 2012 
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Cap Type
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Cap Amount
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Cap Eligible Petitions
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Date of Last Count
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H-1B Regular Cap
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65,000
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29,200
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04/27/2012
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H-1B Master’s Degree Exemption
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20,000
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12,300
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04/27/2012
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May 1st, 2012 Tushar Mathur Continue reading “BIA held Advance Parole Absence does not trigger Unlawful Presence Bar”
April 30th, 2012 Tushar Mathur US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, as of 13 April 2012, it has already received 20,600 H-1B cap-subject petitions. Additionally, they have received 9,700 H-1B visa petitions for foreigners with US advanced degrees.
This is a significant increase from the last count of 25,600 only four days earlier. The rate of filings for April has increased markedly for FY 2013 when compared to FY 2012. However, the rate of filings is still quite low compared to say 2008 when the H-1B visa cap was reached in the first week of the application season.
April 30th, 2012 Tushar Mathur With only three more months to go until the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are encouraging anyone who wishes to come to the UK to see the Games to make sure they have applied for their necessary UK visa.
If you are a national of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, you will not need a visa to travel. Citizens from other countries that do not require visas include the US, Canada, and Australia. However many countries are required to obtain a UK visitor visa prior to travel.
Continue reading “The 2012 London Olympics – Apply now for your UK visitor visa!”
April 26th, 2012 Tushar Mathur Canadian province, British Columbia, has announced a new pilot project to bring more immigrant workers to its Peace River Regional District. They hope the plan will help fix the region’s severe worker shortage.
The new initiative, designed to expand British Columbia’s Provincial Nominee Program, will be called the Northeast Pilot Project. The British Columbia government hopes that it will attract foreign workers to jobs of all skill levels.
“This is all part of the jobs strategy to support the jobs plan,” said John Yap, Chair of the British Columbia’s Immigration Task Force in an announcement at Fort St.
April 26th, 2012 Tushar Mathur US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported a large increase in skilled foreign worker H-1B visa applications during the first week of this year’s application season. USCIS has received 25,600 petitions for H-1B visas since 2 April 2012, nearly twice as many as it received for the entire first month of last year’s application period.
USCIS officially began accepting H-1B applications last week for positions with a start date of 1 October 2012 or later. The visas are popular for those in IT occupations and engineering.
“Given the improved economy…it would not be surprising to see the quota filled very early this year,” said Stuart Anderson, executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy, a group that studies the H-1B program.
There are a total of 85,000 new H-1B visas made available each government fiscal year.
Continue reading “USCIS reports increase in H-1B visa applications compared to last year”
April 24th, 2012 Tushar Mathur Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced the department’s plans on 10 April to fill Canada’s growing labour shortages in skilled trade occupations. He explained that the changes were expected to result in an assessment system that will make it easier for badly needed skilled tradespersons to immigrate to Canada.
“Our Government recognizes that our country faces a critical shortage in certain skilled trades,” said Kenney. “That’s why we are taking concrete steps to address this problem at a national level.”
According to the announcement, under the new Federal Skilled Worker visa program, Canadian immigration will create a separate and streamlined program for skilled tradespersons to make it easier for them to immigrate to Canada.
Continue reading “Proposed changes announced for Canadian Federal Skilled Worker program”
April 24th, 2012 Tushar Mathur As of 04/20/2012, the USCIS has received 25,000 regular H-1B cap cases and 10,900 advanced degree cap cases.
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