The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for April 2021. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. Final Action Cut-Off Dates For April 2021 Dates For Filing Cut-Off Dates For April 2021 Reach out to the Law Offices of...
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Visa Bulletin – February 2021
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for February 2021. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. Final Action Cut-Off Dates For February 2021 Dates For Filing Cut-Off Dates For February 2021 Reach out to the Law...
Visa Bulletin – December 2020
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for December 2020. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. Final Action Cut-Off Dates For December 2020 Dates For Filing Cut-Off Dates For December 2020 Reach out to the Law...
2020 Changes to the H-1B Registration Process
The H-1B temporary specialty occupation visa figured prominently in immigration-related reporting this year. Given the current spotlighting of the visa (particulars, potential restrictions and more), it is now important more than ever to have competent immigration...
Can I use an L visa to transfer a foreign employee from within the company to the United States?
Multinational companies may want to transfer employees from one country to another. The L-1 nonimmigrant visa may be a useful tool for facilitating the intracompany transfer of foreign-based employees to the United States on a temporary basis. An L-1 visa is a type of...
Employer Attestations on an H-1B Labor Condition Application
The H-1B visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Each federal fiscal year, there is a cap of 65,000 visas/status grants available for bachelor-level H-1Bs (“Regular Cap”), or a cap of 20,000 for...
The L-1 visa: a specialized employment-linked non-immigrant visa
We noted in a recent Law Offices of Robert P. Gaffney blog post that immigration is a top-tier entrant on any short list of complex and technical legal spheres. We underscored therein that immigration law is a realm “marked by highly specialized matters relevant to...
Hiring an H-1B worker
You may be like many employers in California and across the U.S. who are struggling to find specially skilled workers who qualify to fill open positions in your company or institution. As the number of students choosing to go to college after high school continues to...
What should I know about employer abuse against immigrants?
There are more immigrants in California than any other state, but few people – especially native-born Americans – stop to consider the terrible injustices inflicted upon immigrant workers in many employment settings. You and others may be interested in...
Understanding H-1B visas
At the in California, we represent many immigrants who are seeking ways to bring family members or friends into the United States on at least a temporary basis that hopefully can change to permanent status in the future. If this...