For most employment based green card categories, U.S. employers starts the process by filing a permanent labor certification(LC) in PERM system. In fiscal year 2019, Department of Labor received 113,104 labor certifications(LC) for green card, a 8.3% increase from fiscal year 2018.During the same period of time, Department of Labor processed 102,655 labor certifications(LC): 5,535 were denied and 3,971 were withdrawn. We have published all those petitions on our legacy database system.... [More]

USCIS will open an initial registration period from March 1 through March 20, 2020, for the FY 2021 H-1B numerical allocations. Please read announcement for more information.Below are the four key requirements you must fulfill to apply for an H-1B Visa. You must have an employer-employee relationship with the petitioning U.S. employer. more tipsIn general, a valid employer-employee relationship is determined by whether the U.S. employer may hire, pay, fire, supervise or othe... [More]

Myvisajobs.com, the leading employment website for immigrants, has released its 15th Annual H1B Visa and Employment-based Green Card reports, which are based on more than 665,000 Labor Condition Application(LCA) and nearly 103,000 permanent labor certifications.To help you pitch the employers who are more likely to sponsor you in 2020, we have updated all employers' contact information and added demographic profiles of their foreign workers. Click to see example profile and contac... [More]

On Jan. 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a Federal Register notice formally announcing the implementation of the H-1B registration process for fiscal year 2021 H‑1B cap-subject petitions. This notice is required for the initial implementation of the registration process, as stated in the Jan. 31, 2019, H-1B registration final rule. USCIS will open an initial registration period from March 1 through March 20, 2020, for the FY 2021 H-1B numerical allocat... [More]

USCIS announced that employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the fiscal year 2021 cap must first electronically register and pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee. read full announcementUnder this new process, employers will complete a registration process that requires only basic information about their company and each requested worker. USCIS will open an initial registration period from March 1 through March 20, 2020. The H-1B random selection process will ... [More]

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it has completed a successful pilot testing phase and is implementing the registration process in the next H-1B lottery. Employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the fiscal year 2021 cap, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, must first electronically register and pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee. The electronic registration process will dramatically streamline proce... [More]

We strongly encourage you to take proactive actions now to get visa job offers in spring. Here are the reasons: H-1B Season: USCIS will start accepting cap-subject H-1B Visa petitions on April 1, 2020. It is less than four months away. Potential Applicants: Applications tend to slow down during the holiday season more than openings do -- tipping the balance in favor of those who do apply! Company Budget: Hiring managers and CEOs will typically try to reduce their operating profits... [More]

We have published all labor applications filed by U.S. employers during the whole fiscal year 2019 through our online database system.From October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, Department of Labor made decisions on 664,616 labor condition applications for H-1B visa jobs, the highest number in history. (view detailed report).   Total LCA Certified Denied Withdrawn 2019 664,616 613,745 5,893 44,978 2018 654,360 599,782 8,480 45,951 2017 624,650 5... [More]

The US has approved a higher number of H-1B applications(both for initial visas and visa extension for continued employment) in 2019, showing that the demand for these work visas continues to be strong.While in 2015, about 288,000 applications were approved by USCIS, for fiscal year 2019, the number passed 389,0000, up from last year's 335,000.USCIS statistics from fiscal year 2015 - 2019, check page 3 for H-1B summary dataThe above data also shows that USCIS continued scrutiny of H-1B applicati... [More]

In the US, recruiting and hiring is year round. However, the busiest hiring season is the fall(Labor Day through Thanksgiving). Job seekers who make contact right at the start of these cycles have the best chance of being hired! In September, decision makers are back from summer vacation. Hiring managers push for an increase to take advantage of remaining budget for the year. If they don't hire before January, they might lose the allocated funds for new employees. CEOs also try to reduce opera... [More]