On April 7, 2016, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the CIS had received enough H-1B petitions to exhaust the 85,000 H-1B quota (which includes 20,000 set aside for U.S. advance degree holders) for Fiscal Year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017). No new cap-subject H-1B […]
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By Helene Dang One of the biggest challenges facing companies hiring foreign workers in the United States is working within an outdated immigration system that does not fully complement modern business practices. As such, companies must adjust their recruitment strategies to give them the widest access to the global talent […]
By Vicki Needham Business groups are pleading with the Obama administration to speed up the approval process for seasonal guest workers. Advocates for the hotel, hospitality and landscaping industries are among those urging the Labor, Homeland Security and State departments to address what they say is a severe backlog in […]
By David Porter NEWARK, N.J. — The University of Northern New Jersey fielded no sports teams, held no graduation ceremonies and had no instructors, classes or degree programs. It did have a very attractive website that promised an “exceptional” education for foreign students wishing to study in the U.S. The […]