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Indian H-1B Workers Deported: Interpretation of Employer-Employee Relationship
23 Jan 2010

The recent deportation of a number of Indian H1B IT workers from Newark and JFK airports has sent shockwaves through the H-1B community. H-1B employers, employees and their attorneys alike are flabbergasted by this brazen act of official highhandedness where individuals arriving on H-1B visas were singled out even before their primary immigration inspection, put through a sham questioning, forced into making coercive statements, issued expedited removal orders, and sent back! Their crime? They landed in the U.S. with legitimate H-1B visas to work for genuine U.S. employers, but at a location other than the employer’s office, i.e., at a client site or third party site!

H-1B Count: The Suspense Continues
17 Dec 2009

As of December 11, 2009, USCIS has received 62,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions.

Only 1,300 H-1B Slots Left!
27 Nov 2009

The latest numbers released by USCIS indicate that the H-1B filings this fiscal year are close to getting capped.

H-1B Quota: When Will It Get Capped?
7 Oct 2009

ust take a look at the slow movement of numbers after the initial filing "window" of five business days in April 2009. On April 9, USCIS announced that 42,000 petitions were filed against the general quota.

Denial of H1B Petitions
27 Aug 2009

We are flabbergasted by the high number of denials this year. At our office, the number denials received this year so far equals the total number we received in the past twelve years!