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Mar. 31, 2009
The Stimulus Brain Drain
Buried in the recently enacted stimulus bill is a provision that makes it very difficult for certain employers to petition for any H-1B workers.
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By Allen Erenbaum Immigration attorneys are typically in overdrive during the month of March, preparing new applications for H-1B (professional) visas for temporary employees. For the last several years, the annual statutory quota of 85,000 petitions has been exceeded immediately upon the opening of the filing period on April 1, resulting in a lottery to determine who gets the coveted visas. While the economic slowdown has dra...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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