US Work and Immigration Options for Foreign Professionals
US Work and Immigration Options for Foreign Professionals
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Can H-1 Visa Workers Do Business in the USA
Can H-1 Visa Holders Do Business in the USA?
A community discussion
Successful response to an H-1B petition RFE for a Staff Accountant questioning specialty occupation and degree in a non-accounting field
We assisted petitioner, a public accounting firm, in filing an H-1B petition for beneficiary for the position of staff accountant. We received an RFE requesting additional evidence that the position qualified as a specialty occupation by satisfying at least one of the four qualifying criteria for a specialty occupation. In our lengthy response, we argued that the job duties, as detailed in the petition, and as compared with OOH’s job description for staff accountant not only comports with but goes beyond OOH guidance in its uniqueness and complexity.
Nonimmigrant Visas
Profession/Occupation
Immigration Law
USCIS Issues Additional Information Regarding the Employ American Workers Act (EAWA) to Employers Filing H-1B Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provides additional guidance regarding the Employ American Workers Act (EAWA) to employers seeking to file H-1B petitions.
Guestbook Entry for DVS Enterprises LLC, United States
Name
DVS Enterprises LLC
Country
United States
Guestbook Entry for Krishna Sagar Rao, United States
Name
Krishna Sagar Rao
Country
United States
State
NJ
US Immigration Q&A for Employers, Webinar with ITSERVE
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Profession/Occupation
Immigration.com
Nonimmigrant Visas
Another H1B Approval After a Period of being out of status and unlawfully present
We were recently retained by an employer whose employee fell out of status due to an omissions by the former counsel. Prior to the employee’s H1B expiration date, the employer tried to file an H1B extension. The employer’s former Counsel utilized an obsolete and inappropriate wage source when filing the LCA. This wage amount was also not representative of what the employee was earning. As a result, the employer had to withdraw the LCA. This circumstance resulted in an untimely filing of the employer’s H1B application and the employee’s status expiring due to no fault of his own.
Nonimmigrant Visas
Profession/Occupation
How to deal with H-1B Employers paying salary less than required?
Profession/Occupation
Nonimmigrant Visas
Immigration Law
Can an H-1B holder (or applicant) do business in the USA?
Profession/Occupation
Nonimmigrant Visas
Immigration Law
H-1B Advisor
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Guestbook Entry for Dilip Jeyram, United States
Name
Dilip Jeyram
Country
United States
State
VA
H-1B for Recruiter Position
A recruiting firm for accountants retained our services to file an H-1B petition for a recruiter. Typically, it is difficult to justify that the position of a recruiter qualifies as an H-1B level occupation. Our petition to USCIS argued, however, that even though recruiters do not generally qualify as a specialty level occupation, the present case is different because the beneficiary will be hired as an International Accounting/Finance Recruiter.
Nonimmigrant Visas
Profession/Occupation
USCIS Updated Questions &Answers on the H-1B Employer-Employee Relationship
Questions & Answers: USCIS Issues Guidance Memorandum on Establishing the "Employee-Employer Relationship" in H-1B Petitions
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Guestbook Entry for Raja R. Iyengar, United States
Name
Raja R. Iyengar
Country
United States
State
Virginia
Guestbook Entry for Arun Lanka, United States
Name
Arun Lanka
Country
United States
State
Illinois
Guestbook Entry for Madhavi, United States
Name
Madhavi
Country
United States
State
Nj
Guestbook Entry for Veronica Jackson/DataStaff, Inc., United States
Name
Veronica Jackson/DataStaff, Inc.
Country
United States
State
North Carolina
Guestbook Entry for Gebre Haile, United States
Name
Gebre Haile
Country
United States
State
Virgina
Guestbook Entry for Manoj Madhavan, United States
Name
Manoj Madhavan
Country
United States
State
Georgia
Employers responsibility in H-1 process - Updated 2/22/2009
A new member of our community, Blueheron wanted to know -
H-1B Employer Employee Memo of 8 January - Practice Hints
I am reproducing material from our employers-only (by invitation only) conference call for tomorrow. These matters need to be in place for H-1 new applications, transfers as well as extensions.