Trump Suspends H-1B, Other Visas Temporarily Nick Kolakowski, June 23, 2020 6 min read President Trump has temporarily suspended new work visas, including the H-1B. The suspension, which will last...
H-1B Denials for Continuing Employment Have Spiked. Why? Nick Kolakowski, March 10, 2020 3 min read If you’ve been following the H-1B issue, you know that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has denied...
Most Employers Will Increase Immigration Headcount This Year: Survey Nick Kolakowski, February 24, 2020 4 min read A majority of employers expect their foreign-national headcount to increase or stay the same over the next 12 months,...
H-1B Electronic Pre-Registration: Streamlining or Chaos? Nick Kolakowski, December 20, 2019 4 min read Come next year, tech firms that want to hire H-1B visa workers will face a process that’s supposed to be...
H-1B Denials Spiking at Contractor, Services Firms Nick Kolakowski, October 30, 2019 5 min read Denial rates for H-1B petitions have skyrocketed to 24 percent through the third quarter of fiscal year 2019,...
How Apple, Google, and Facebook Use the H-1B Visa Program Nate Swanner, October 22, 2019 6 min read There are two modes of H-1B visa usage for companies that hire foreign-born tech talent: subcontracting and direct...
Finance Technology Software Engineers: Salaries at Visa and Others Nick Kolakowski, October 14, 2019 4 min read Although Apple releasing a credit card attracted a lot of attention earlier this year, the technology industry has...
New Fee for H-1B Applications Hints at Tightening Program Nick Kolakowski, September 13, 2019 3 min read U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) wants to institute a $10 registration fee for each H-1B visa...
How Major Tech Companies Use Staffing Agencies to Get More H-1B Visa Candidates Nate Swanner, September 3, 2019 4 min read Ever wondered how exactly major tech companies use the H-1B program? It’s not always as cut-and-dry as it seems....
How IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle Use H-1B Visa Subcontracting Nate Swanner, August 29, 2019 5 min read The H-1B visa program is polarizing. Some think major tech companies abuse it; but for years, it was hard to see the...
