Tag: Employment Visa

New Instructions Clarify USCIS Fee Rule Reductions and Exemptions for Higher Ed

On March 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published updated forms and filing instructions for the I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and the I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. These updates incorporate new fee calculations as outlined in the USCIS fee rule. Notably, the filing instructions state that institutions “of higher education, as... View Article

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The H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 are non-immigrant visa categories under the Immigration and Nationality Act. They allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ individuals from foreign countries in specialty occupations. The duration of stay is three years, extendable to six years. Workers on temporary visas who quit or are dismissed from the sponsoring employer must either... View Article