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State Dept. Issues Update on Suspension of Entry for Certain Nonimmigrants The Department of State issued an update on Presidential Proclamation 10052, which temporarily suspended the entry of certain H-1B, H-2B, J (for certain categories within the Exchange Visitor Program), and L nonimmigrants. That proclamation expired on March 31, 2021. The Department said that applicants who have not yet been interviewed or scheduled for an interview will have their applications prioritized and processed i...

Before further delaying the effective date and implementation periods, the Department will provide the public an opportunity to comment, it said. On February 1, the department of labour proposed to delay the effective date of the final rule entitled “Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States,” published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2021, for a period of 60 days. The department proposed to delay the effective ...

Read more about H-1B visa: US issues notification to further delay mandatory minimum pay on Business Standard. Proposes to shift the effective date of the rule to May 14

If the rule is imposed, workers on the H-1B would receive at least the 35th percentile of the prevailing wage for their job type and location, compared to the 45th percentile initially

NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden: On behalf of Americas frontline physicians, we write to congratulate you on your election as the 46th president of the United States of America, and to offer our assistance in our shared goal of creating a better health care system for all Americans, especially as we together take on the challenge of ending the COVID-19 epidemic. We are encouraged by and supportive of many of the actions taken thus far by your administration to greatly expand fed...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Employers interested in sponsoring foreign national workers for new cap-subject H-1B visas this year need to be getting ready now. This past Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the upcoming FY 2022 H-1B cap season will open at noon EST on Tuesday, March 9 and run through noon EST on Thursday, March 25. During this period, employers will be allowed to register pro...

Read more about Senator opposes Bidens return to lottery system for issuing H-1B visas on Business Standard. A top Republican Senator has opposed the move of the Biden administration to resort to the traditional lottery system to issue H-1B visas, saying its giving Big Tech donors "cheap" foreign labour

Washington, February 6 A top Republican Senator has opposed the move of the Biden administration to resort to the traditional lottery system to issue H-1B visas to foreign professionals, saying it is

Republican Senator Opposes Biden Administrations Move to Revert to Lottery System for Issuing H-1B Visas FOLLOW US ON: A top Republican Senator has opposed the move of the Biden administration to resort to the traditional lottery system to issue H-1B visas to foreign professionals, saying it is giving Big Tech donors the gift of "cheap" foreign labour at the expense of American workers. The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it is delaying the H-1B policy of the previous Trump admi...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 On February 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) formally proposed delaying the implementation of its final rule, entitled “Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States.” This rule was scheduled to go into effect on March 15, 2021. The rule, which was published during the last days of the Trump administration, was an updated version of the rule originally published as an interim fi...