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USCIS announces specific dates for the registration period each fiscal year, typically in March. For example, in the FY 2025 H-1B cap season, the registration period was open from March 1 to March 18, 2024. As of April 2024, the registration fee is $215 per beneficiary. This fee is non-refundable and must be paid at the time of registration.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are calling for the U.S. to admit more foreign tech workers. Not all Republicans agree with them.
There are two different ways a person can obtain H-1B1 status necessary to start a job on H-1B1: [4] The worker can apply for a H-1B1 visa at the home country consulate (nationals of Singapore can apply for a H-1B1 visa only at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, and nationals of Chile can apply for a H-1B1 visa only at the U.S. Embassy in Chile).
Labor Condition Application. The Labor Condition Application (LCA) is an application filed by prospective employers on behalf of workers applying for work authorization for the non-immigrant statuses H-1B, H-1B1 (a variant of H-1B for people from Singapore and Chile) and E-3 (a variant of H-1B for workers from Australia).
January 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM. One of the largest North Carolina Triangle employers is also among the top beneficiaries of an often-debated federal work visa program called H-1B.
The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) was an act passed by the government of the United States on October 21, 1998 (while Bill Clinton was President of the United States), pertaining to high-skilled immigration to the United States, particularly immigration through the H-1B visa, and helping improving the capabilities of the domestic workforce in the United States ...
As mentioned above, an employer was required to pay the additional H-1B fees only in the case that the employer had 51 or more employees and H-1B and L-1 employees together comprised over 50% of the workforce. [12] The fee would apply only to petitions on postmarked on or after August 14, 2010, and until September 30, 2014. [13]
Updated December 30, 2024 at 5:07 PM / Getty Images Millions of low-wage earners are getting a raise in 2025 as 21 states are slated to hike their minimum pay starting Jan. 1.