Navigating the New H-1B Lottery: Key Changes and Timelines for 2024 (FY2025)
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- Aug 23, 2023
- 3 min
HR Guide: How layoffs impact Foreign National Employees' PERM process?
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- Jun 22, 2023
- 3 min
HR Guide: Payroll Tax Withholdings for US Visa Employees (F-1, H-1B, etc.)
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- Jan 30, 2023
- 5 min
2023 (FY 2024) H-1B Lottery Timeline
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- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
HR Guide: Letting go of Foreign National Employees | H-1B Layoff
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- Aug 18, 2022
- 5 min
HR Guide: I-94 tracking, extension, and implications on visa status
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- Jul 13, 2022
- 6 min
HR Guide: E-3 Visa Process & Processing Times
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- Jun 30, 2022
- 5 min
HR Guide: I've been made responsible for immigration. Now what?
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- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
Interview Waiver for Work & Student Visas: Things to know
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- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Travel ban relaxation from Nov, 2021. What does it mean for employees on visa?
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- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Can I travel on visa this December?
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 1 min
Biden Administration to keep Covid-19 Travel Restrictions
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- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
USCIS Updates Policy to Improve Immigration
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Do international students on F1 visa or OPT have to return the COVID relief money
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Extended OPT flexibility for international students
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- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
2021 (FY2022) H-1B Lottery Selection will be based on Higher Wages
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- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s H-1B Visa Rules
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- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
USCIS increases Premium Processing Fee to $2500
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- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
November 2020 Visa Bulletin promising for Indian & Chinese Nationals
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- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Proposed Changes to End H-1B Lottery in Favor of High-Wage Jobs