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Visa
402 published works
Employer Law Report
H-1B Site Visits to Increase
In response to Senator Charles Grassley's September 29, 2009 inquiry into the H-1B visa program and fraud detection efforts, Mr. Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, indicated that…
Immigration Blog
H-1B Visas Nearing Cap in Fiscal Year 2010
The USCIS announced that as of November 20, 2009, approximately 56,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has approved sufficient H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Taint of Corruption Is No Barrier to U.S. Visa
Ian Urbina of the N.Y. Times has an expose about a corrupt foreign minister who the U.S. government regularly allows to enter the country to stay in luxury at his Malibu…
Business Immigration Insights
Update on Availability of H-1B Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that as of October 25, 2009, it had received all of the available 20,000 master's cap petitions, and approximately 52,800 petitions under the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
H-1B Visas in the News
Many reports have been out there recently on the reduction in the number of H-1B applications. Contrast that with this story from the NY Times yesterday written by Matt Richtel:Where’s…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Widow of a Marine Killed in Iraq Runs Into Visa Difficulties
Stars and Stripes (and here) reports on the Okinawan widow of a Marine killed in Iraq who has run into visa difficulties. Hotaru Nakama and Marine Sgt. Michael Fershke married…
International Law Prof Blog
U.S. State Department Denies Visas to Witnesses in Federal Court Trial
A federal judge lambasted the U.S. State Deparment for denying visas to 11 witnesses from Nigeria who were scheduled to testify in federal court. Click here to read more.
China Law Blog
Navigating China’s Visa Problems and Finding a Mass Murderer
By Dan Harris
Forbes just came out with an article, Navigating China's Visa Problems, on the increasing difficulty in securing a long term China visa and on the impact that is having on foreign…
China Law Blog
China Visas: Just The Facts
By Dan Harris
The Beijinger does a stellar job setting forth the current state of China visas in China Visa – Facts and Fiction. Highlights from the post's "What We know for sure"…
China Law Blog
China Visa Hell, Chapter 278
By Dan Harris
BizCult has posted on what is becoming a much more frequent occurrence in China: an encounter with Chinese police over a visa issue. The post is entitled You Are Big…