Tag: temporary visas

  1. Silicon Valley Executives Charged with H-1B Visa Fraud

    The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California recently announced the indictment of two executives for their alleged participation in a scheme to abuse the H-1B visa program. The indictment alleges the two submitted approximately 85 fraudulent H-1B visa applications and laundered approximately $1 million proceeds. Allegations of Visa Fraud According to the indictment, the defendants, who were high-level executives for a California-based tech company, perpetrated READ MORE READ MORE

  2. Silicon Valley Executives Charged with H-1B Visa Fraud

    The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California recently announced the indictment of two executives for their alleged participation in a scheme to abuse the H-1B visa program. The indictment alleges the two submitted approximately 85 fraudulent H-1B visa applications and laundered approximately $1 million proceeds. Allegations of Visa Fraud According to the indictment, the defendants, who were high-level executives for a California-based tech company, perpetrated READ MORE READ MORE

  3. USCIS Announces Registration Period for H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2023

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently announced the initial registration period for the 2023 H-1B visa program will begin at noon on March 1, 2022, and run through March 18, 2022. Petitions filed within this window afford prospective employers the opportunity to vie for one of the limited H-1B visas for their employees for next year. What is the H-1B Visa? The H-1B is a temporary, READ MORE READ MORE

  4. Proposed Guest Worker Visa Could Expand Access to Permanent Foreign Employees for Agriculture Companies

    The House Judiciary Committee passed proposed bill H.R. 4092, which would implement a new program called the H-2C Guest Worker Program.  READ MORE