H VISAS – Temporary Workers H-1B Persons in Specialty Occupation: The H1B visa program is the primary method for employers to recruit & hire international professionals to work in the USA. The H1B visa enables U.S. employers to hire foreign  →

H-1B Portability (i.e., Changing H-1B Employment to a New Employer)What is H-1B portability? Before October 17, 2000, H-1B employees who wanted to change employers had to wait until the USCIS approved the new employer’s H-1B petition before the employee could  →

H-1B VISAS OVERVIEW The H1B visa program is the primary method for employers to recruit & hire international professionals to work in the USA. The H1B visa enables U.S. employers to hire foreign professionals for an initial period of three  →

H-1B1 Status for Nationals of Chile and Singapore General As a result of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 108-77) and the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 108-78), both of which became effective on  →

H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers The H-2A temporary agricultural program establishes a means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or  →

H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Workers The H-2B nonimmigrant program permits employers to hire foreign workers to come temporarily to the U.S. and perform temporary nonagricultural services or labor on a one-time, seasonal, peakload or intermittent basis. The H-2B visa classification requires  →

H-3 Visas for Trainees An H-3 visa is for a temporary worker invited to the U.S. by company for the purposes of receiving training or instruction.  The purpose of the training program must be one that is not designed primarily  →

The  Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), codified in Title 8 of the U.S. Code and its accompanying regulations, sets forth a three-step process by which an alien living in the U.S. may become a permanent resident based on an employment  →