H-1B Visa Attorney Archives - Immigration Expert Steve Maggi

Why the H-1B Visa cap Should be Eliminated

SMA Law Firm2024-11-04T14:56:20-05:00

Addressing the Mismatch: Eliminating the H-1B Cap to Meet Employer Demand for Employment-Based Visas in the US

The United States has long been a land of opportunity, attracting global talent and fostering innovation. However, the current system of employment-based visas falls short in meeting the increasing demand from employers. One particular visa category, the H-1B, has […]

Why the H-1B Visa cap Should be EliminatedSMA Law Firm2024-11-04T14:56:20-05:00

Get on board! The H-1B Visa roller coaster ride is here for US employers who need to hire foreign nationals with university degrees.

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:54:56-05:00

The annual roller coaster ride, known as the H-1B visa application process, is about to go up the hill and come speeding down, with unknown twists and turns coming your way.

For the next eight weeks, employers are scrambling to decide whether to sponsor foreign nationals for professional positions, U.S. university grads from foreign countries are […]

Get on board! The H-1B Visa roller coaster ride is here for US employers who need to hire foreign nationals with university degrees.SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T13:54:56-05:00

Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace period

SMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:41:34-05:00

An impromptu race for new employment has begun nationwide in the U.S. tech sector. With Twitter, Meta and Amazon all announcing massive layoffs, tens of thousands of workers, many highly skilled engineers, are scrambling for new employment. Most people have experienced the stress of not knowing where their next paycheck comes from. Now imagine […]

Tech layoffs and the 60 day grace periodSMA Law Firm2024-11-05T14:41:34-05:00

A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 2022

SMA Law Firm2023-12-18T10:07:46-05:00

The good news on the U.S. immigration front has been few and far between since Covid-19 shut down the world in March of 2021. It’s hard to fathom all the barriers that the U.S. government created in that lapse of time, including country-specific bars to entry which kept millions of people from traveling to […]

A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 2022SMA Law Firm2023-12-18T10:07:46-05:00

National Interest Exemption Gutted

SMA Law Firm2024-12-02T13:54:24-05:00

On March 2, significant changes were made to the criteria for granting National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamation 10143 (extending PP 9993), which suspends travel from Schengen countries, the Ireland and UK to the United States.

The exception was extremely useful in facilitating direct travel from these countries for foreign nationals who make a strong economic […]

National Interest Exemption GuttedSMA Law Firm2024-12-02T13:54:24-05:00

Trump is not leaving before setting more fires

SMA Law Firm2024-12-02T14:05:13-05:00

With a painful transition of power underway, the attack on immigrants marches on until the last moments of the Trump administration. On December 31, 2020, the Trump administration issued a presidential proclamation extending the ban of entry for certain nonimmigrant and immigrant visas as outlined in its April 22, 2020, and June 22, 2020, proclamations. The ban includes […]

Trump is not leaving before setting more firesSMA Law Firm2024-12-02T14:05:13-05:00

The hardest year in half a century for immigrants

SMA Law Firm2024-12-04T10:18:19-05:00

The holidays are here and another year is about to come and go, but 2019 has been the hardest year in half a century for immigrants. The current administration has denied visas at astronomically rising levels and this had led to a drop in visa petitions being presented etc., a vicious circle which feeds […]

The hardest year in half a century for immigrantsSMA Law Firm2024-12-04T10:18:19-05:00

H-1B Transfer Activity Will Be Unprecedented

SMA Law Firm2024-12-04T11:05:57-05:00

On May 1, prospective employers who sponsored H-1B visa candidates this year began to get receipt notices for US Masters Cap cases. In the month to follow, employers will find out the fate of the blind lottery used to determine which H-1B petitions will be adjudicated.

Every year, USCIS starts accepting H-1B petitions on April […]

H-1B Transfer Activity Will Be UnprecedentedSMA Law Firm2024-12-04T11:05:57-05:00

Foreign National Students: Optional and Curricular Practical Training, Transition to H-1B Status and Individual Income Tax Filings

SMA Law Firm2024-12-04T11:40:37-05:00

Foreign students come to the U.S. for full-time study under the F-1 visa. In order to qualify for the visa, they must first apply to an authorized educational institution, which can include any private elementary or secondary school, community or junior college, university or language institute. Once they apply to that institution and are […]

Foreign National Students: Optional and Curricular Practical Training, Transition to H-1B Status and Individual Income Tax FilingsSMA Law Firm2024-12-04T11:40:37-05:00

Immigration Status and Employment Laws in New York

SMA Law Firm2024-12-04T11:22:06-05:00

Foreign workers in the U.S. occupy every position from farmhand and dishwasher to engineer, doctor and CEO, and their visas and legal statuses also vary greatly. For the majority of the twelve-plus million undocumented immigrants, there is no such thing as legal employment, and therefore employers are not supposed to hire them at all. […]

Immigration Status and Employment Laws in New YorkSMA Law Firm2024-12-04T11:22:06-05:00

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