In this podcast, WR Immigration Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim and Partner Joey Barnett give an update on the investor visa program. Our team covers a range of topics including a review of 2022 visa report, the May Visa Bulletin, concurrent filing strategies, and more!
Employees have plenty to worry about under routine circumstances. The work ahead of them, relationships, family… we all have common threads that create anxiety. Add immigration to the mix, and the emotional burden can increase significantly. Employees and the global mobility teams they rely on are tasked with navigating an entirely different system that underlies those more routine concerns. Understanding how the visa process affects employees is an important part of human resources, and an absolutely critical part of our role in business immigration. After decades helping HR and employees with their immigration needs, we’ve found three top pain points that regularly rise to the surface: Sustained visa status uncertainty Nobody enjoys living with uncertainty. But as wait times for visas get extended and qualifying conditions change with new legislation, workers and their families are forced to always have a Plan B. They are entrenched in their country of residence, living an established routine – yet they may need to uproot their lives if a work visa isn’t renewed. Whether it’s understanding new guidelines, following through on scheduled visa appointments, or simply knowing where a visa sits in the processing timeline, there are continuous considerations that are part of everyday life for […]
For refresh on what human resource and global mobility professionals can expect as they navigate these dates, consider attending WR Immigration’s Feb. 9th webinar: H-1B Cap Season Primer. Register now>> U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon ET on March 1, 2023, and run through noon ET on March 17, 2023. Prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their representatives must use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee for each registration. Prospective petitioners submitting their own registrations (U.S. employers and U.S. agents, collectively known as “registrants”) will use a “registrant” account. Registrants can create new accounts beginning at noon ET on February 21, 2023. Representatives may add clients to their accounts at any time, but both representatives and registrants must wait until March 1 to enter beneficiary information and submit the registration with the $10 fee, USCIS said. Prospective petitioners or their representatives can submit registrations for multiple beneficiaries in a single online session. USCIS noted that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved a temporary increase in the daily credit card transaction limit from […]
