H1B 2010 Cap Count Update – Oct 25, 2009

H1B  Cap Count Table [ Updated ] Read more

How long will USCIS accept H1B Applications for 2010?

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I applied for H1b visa through an employer. Got receipt number by Apr 23, 2009. Still the online status it says case received and pending. I am worried.
Now I wish to apply again through another employer.

My doubt is :
How long will USCIS continue to accept H1B applications for 2010?
Will they stop accepting after OCT 1st or do they still accept until the quota finishes?

Not sure why you are worried about your H1B application, but you can find answers to your question in previous blog post – How long USCIS will accept H1B visa applications.

Recent H-1B Visa Related Questions

You can find some of the recent H-1B Visa 2010 related comments and link to the articles where comment was posted. If you know the answers, add a comment to this article Read more

H1B 2010 – Cap Count Update – June 24, 2009

From USCIS – H1B Latest News

On June 24, 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) updated the count of received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. Read more

Security Clearance Delays H1B Visa Stamping

Audio story from American Media Public talks about H1B Visa workers stuck at Home Countries due to delay in H1B Visa stamping and extension. Read more

H-1B Petition with Bachelors Degree And Pending Masters Degree

Do you know why questions related to H-1b Visa petition poses so many problems? Because every person have unique and strange situation. Here is one such example Read more

H1B Visa Restrictions to be Removed?

Here is an interesting excerpt from the article in Business Week by Vivek Wadhwa on removing H1B Visa restrictions

I have a suggestion for Grassley and Durbin. Pass a bill to deregulate the H-1B visa program, and eliminate the restrictions that make it difficult for H-1B holders to travel, switch jobs, or get promoted. Create a fast-track status to U.S. citizenship for H-1B holders providing they launch a company that employs more than 10 American workers within three years. And grant residency to the nearly 1 million H-1B holders and their families waiting in limbo to obtain permanent residency. Under the current system, that wait can last a decade — with no guaranteed outcome.
By eliminating the more onerous characteristics of the H-1B program, such a bill would probably diminish abuses. If H-1B workers could accept a job from a competitor for a higher wage, it’s likely their real wages would match market rates. Critics might argue that an influx of workers would depress wages, but that seems to espouse the notion that IT workers are no better than factory employees, subject to strict laws of supply and demand. I don’t think that’s the case, and I believe that more smart people in the U.S. will actually create jobs and therefore benefit all U.S. tech workers by growing the total knowledge-employment pie.
Here are four reasons I believe this: Immigrant workers are significantly more likely to launch new companies. Immigrant workers are also far more likely to launch technology companies. Technology companies have accounted for a disproportionate percentage of economic growth in the U.S. in the past four decades. And new companies hire far more new employees than old companies. In fact, companies less than five years old accounted for nearly all of the net jobs growth in the U.S. over the past two decades. Add those four facts together and it’s easy to conclude that what the U.S. needs are more immigrant technology workers rather than fewer.

Read the rest of the article which has more inputs on improving the housing economy by giving Green Card to H1B workers who buy house in US.

Janet Napolitano – Secretary of Homeland Security on H1B Visa

Janet Napolitano is Secretary of Homeland Security comments on H1B Visa Fraud and more regulations that would prevent fraud by including work site visits. Read more

5 Reasons Why You Haven’t Received H1B Receipt Number

Recently most of the comments are from the readers who haven’t received the receipt number. Even though they can find the answers by following or reading few articles within HSB. Most of the readers read 1 article and comments within that and post their questions.

If you are new to this blog, you have to spend 20 minutes or so reading all the related articles to H1B. Chances that most of your common questions are already answered. Well, not many are going to read this article too.

H1B Receipt Number

If you haven’t received the receipt number for your H1B Visa Petition for 2010, it could be one of the following reasons

1. USCIS haven’t processed your H-1B Petition
2. USCIS sent receipt number to the Attorney, but Attorney haven’t sent it to the employer.
3. Attorney sent it to employer, but haven’t the Employer haven’t informed you.
4. Employer received the H-1B receipt number, but you haven’t checked with your employer.
5. Employer have the receipt number and not willing to give it to you.

When Will USCIS Send Receipt Number

If you look at latest H1B Receipt Number, it will have Received date of April 7, 2009 and Recipt Notice Date of late in April ( Like April 22, 2009). So, chances are your case is not yet processed by USCIS. Best youc an do is follow others who have submitted the Petition in H1B Visa 2010 Processing Time Tracker and post your status too and keep positive thoughts and wait. In mean time if there is any update from USCIS, it will be updated here. Be sure to read why H1B Receipt number alone will not help you check H1B Status Online.

FAQ’s – H1B Visa and Layoff

This is guest post by Immigration Attorney Elaine Martin based in Dallas, TX.  She answers some of the frequently asked questions about H1B Visa and consequences of layoff. Read more

H1B 2010 – Regular Processing Receipt Numbers

Most of the readers following H1B Visa 2010 related updates her at HSB have applied for H1B approval through Regular Processing ( or Normal processing). Most of their comments right now is to find when will they get their receipt numbers. Here is the email from one of the reader Read more

New Bill to Reform H1B and L1 Visa Program

It was goign to come and finally new bill to reform H1b Visa program was introduced to US Congress that is aimed to prevent companies to commit H1B Fraud. Senator Durbin and Grassley introduced the H-1B Visa Reform bill today [ The Durbin-Grassley bill ] Read more

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