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2012 Green Card Lottery results voided by US

18:07 18/05/2011
The US Department of State has voided the results of the 2012 Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery it posted to its website due to a programming error which resulted in incorrectly selected winners in...

US continues to accept H-1B petitions

16:49 11/04/2011
On 1 April 2011, the United States began accepting Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) H-1B petitions from US employers wishing to hire overseas workers in specialty occupations. The overseas workers are...

H-1B visas should be easier to obtain say business leaders

15:41 05/04/2011
From 1 April 2011 you can again apply for an H-1B visa . However, the earliest employment start date is 1 October 2011. Recently Business leaders asked a congressional subcommittee to reduce the...

US to accept H-1B applications from 1 April 2011

15:50 29/03/2011
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start accepting H-1B petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 on 1 April 2011. However, the earliest you can start work on an H-1B visa is...

Bill introduced by US senators to create 'startup visa' for entrepreneurs

15:16 16/03/2011
New legislation, if enacted, will make obtaining a work visa in the US much easier for immigrant entrepreneurs. The StartUp Visa Act of 2011 would allow an immigrant entrepreneur to receive a two...

US proposes electronic H-1B registration for businesses

19:54 10/03/2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing an electronic registration system which businesses can use to file H-1B petitions. USCIS says the new system would save firms more than...

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