Tag: H-1B Visas

Many employers who hire foreign nationals to work in the U.S. sat up and took notice when Infosys, the giant Indian technology outsourcing company, agreed to pay $34 million in a civil settlement in 2013. The New York Times, among other media outlets, reported that after a two-year investigation, federal prosecutors in Texas found Infosys had […]

If your company will be sponsoring any individuals for H-1B visas, now is a good time to review compliance in your immigration-related matters, specifically with Department of Labor (DOL) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) filings. Spring is just around the corner, so dust off those Public Access Folders and Form I-9 Files to […]

In today’s blog we are going to delve deeper into the category of H-1B for specialized workers. We’ll discuss some of the necessary components of the application, like the prevailing wage, the Labor Condition Application and the Public Access File. The H-1B Process Prior to filing an H-1B petition, there are a number of requirements […]

It’s that time of year again. H-1B season is once again upon us. H-1B petitions for the U.S. government’s 2015 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2014, should be filed by April 1, so don’t delay! Berardi Immigration Law assists numerous clients each year with the preparation and filing of these petitions and encourages any […]

With the federal government’s fiscal year starting October 1, many employers have now brought their new H-1B workers into the corporate fold.  However, are you as informed as you should be regarding H-1B compliance issues?  Here are some common “Facts and Fictions” that you should be aware of: Once I hire my foreign national employee, […]

If you are an employer who has previously filed an Application for Nonimmigrant Worker, on behalf of a foreign national you wished to employ in H-1, L-1 or O-1A status, you have probably struggled with how to respond to the dreaded Form I-129 Export Control Compliance section of that form. Part 6 of Form I-129 […]

Berardi Immigration Law represents many employees and individuals regarding the H-1B visa category.  Today, we will focus on some of the most common questions we are asked: Statement #1: I’m currently in H-1B status, this means I can change employers and start working for them immediately. FACT. If you are in current valid H-1B status, you can […]

As the H-1B  season is fully underway and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is currently adjudicating petitions that were accepted in the lottery, many F-1 students are in the period known as “H-1B cap-gap.”  The cap-gap provisions allow an F-1 student who filed an H-1B petition and that was accepted in the lottery process […]

For the first time since 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reached the statutory H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 within the first week of the filing period beginning April 1, 2013. USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree cap. On […]

Recently, Berardi Immigration Law reached out to a number of our corporate immigration clients to find out what some of the most frequently asked questions from their foreign employees are.   Here are some of those responses: Q: Can foreign employees working in the U.S. travel outside the U.S.? A: Generally yes but the requirements may […]