H1B visa application fee plans to be increased

Congress plans to increase H1B visa application to be 5,000 USD. If passed, this law will increase financial burden to those company that would like to sponsor aliens. Congress claim those increased fee will help U.S. citizen education funding. While illegal immigrants get some quick green card , those highly educated aliens once again to be the target. The companies that hired qualified alien will be punished for high application fee.

Squeezed Visa

While now Senate almost pass legalize illegal immigrants by giving Z visa or such..paying 5,000 fine over 8 years, "learn English", I was wondering how about the rights for those who are highly educated people who earned masters or even PhD degree can ever pursue their American Dream without outrageous difficulty. Read an article here in Business Week. Yes, I know immigration issue deserved debate but you will know later who can long stand in this global competition. Remember,the world is flat.

Senates investigate H1B visa

Washington post said there are nine companies occupied 20,000 H1B visa quota which is a little bit too many for nine companies. Senates are looking into it. They are some kind of outsourcing company and just occupied quota first then let their "employee" to find a real job later. This event might somehow impact H1B visa debate currently going on in the Senate. Job seeker should be pay attention to this kind of "consultant " or "outsourcing" company.

2008 master degree H1B visa quota get used up

USCIS announced 2008 master degree H1B visa quota get used up on April 30. USCIS will still accept H1B renew, switch employee, change current H1B labor condition, nonprofit organization jobs H1B application(exempt from the quota), and applicants from Singapore an Chile.

H1B visa master degree quota update May 1

OK, now the clock is ticking even faster, after last update on April 19, as of today, there are only 113 H1B master degree quota left. The remaining quota might just used up couple days later, for those who are still looking for job, I suggest you just take the offer if there is one and secure your spot in the quota. Good luck for your job hunting!