Archive for September, 2009

The GC lottery is open soon!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The GC lottery’s registration period is from October 2, 2009, from 12:00 (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4) to November 30, 2009 12:00 (Eastern Daylight Time) (EDT) (GMT-4).  Anytime during this period people who are interested in applying should complete the form at www.dvlottery.state.gov.  The link won’t work before noon on October 2nd  or after noon [...]

New information about H-1B “cap” cases

Friday, September 25th, 2009

On September 18, 2009, Immigration announced that it has received 46,000 H-1B visa cases which were part of the 65,000 limit or “cap”.  This is a 900 case increase from two weeks before and the largest increase in a few months.  People probably have at least a few more months to file H-1B visas before [...]

Important Change for Most People waiting for “green cards” through their job

Monday, September 14th, 2009

On September 10, 2009 the Department of State (DOS) published its monthly list of dates so people can have some idea of when they may get their “green card” (GC).  The announcement is available at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4575.html but it is a little hard to understand so I will explain it in a later blog, but for [...]

“Green Card” lottery 2011 – 1st announcement

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

The Department of State announced that the next GC lottery will be October 2 until November 30, 2009. 
The form and instructions will be available after the 2nd.  We will post more information as it becomes available and there is nothing you need to do now.
Filing for the GC lottery is quite simple and I don’t think [...]

H-1b “cap” little changed

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

On August 28, 2009, Immigration announced that it has received 45,100 H-1B visa cases which were part of the 65,000 limit or “cap”.  This is a 100 case increase from two weeks before.
Therefore,  I expect companies can continue to higher qualified professionals and file for get their H-1B visa cases for at least a few [...]

Can I sponsor myself for H-1B visa?

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

We often are asked “can I start my company and sponsor myself for H-1B visa”? 
I have three answers: 

 Nothing specifically prohibits a person from starting his/her own business and sponsoring themselves for an H-1B visa. 
However, a person being sponsored is supposed to be an “employee” of the sponsoring company.  Since the owner is not really an [...]