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L-1 visas are issued to foreign employees of a corporation. Under recent rules, the foreign worker must have worked for the corporation for at least one year in the preceding three years prior to getting the visa. An L-1A visa is for managers or executives who either manage people or an essential function of the company.
The following are the thresholds for determining whether an employer is classified as H-1B-dependent. Note that for the first column below, only employees in the United States should be counted, but this can include other employees on H-1B or another temporary worker status, as well as United States citizens and lawful permanent residents.
TD visa - for dependents of those admitted under a TN visa. Recipients are not permitted to work, but may attend schooling. [5] T-2 visa - for spouses of those admitted under a T-1 visa [1]: 52 T-3 visa - for children of those admitted under a T-1 visa [1]: 52 T-4 visa - for parents of those admitted under a T-1 visa [1]: 52 T-5 visa - for ...
He suggested H-1B employees might be working longer than U.S. workers. While workers under the high-skilled visa program must be paid the prevailing wage for their industry, Doran notes there aren ...
An employer can use a single LCA for multiple employees provided they are all in the same occupation and the same visa class (i.e., a single petition cannot be used for both H-1B and E-3 workers). Also, in the case of H-1B-dependent employers, different petitions must be used for exempt and non-exempt workers. [15]
The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) was an act passed by the government of the United States on October 21, 1998 (while Bill Clinton was President of the United States), pertaining to high-skilled immigration to the United States, particularly immigration through the H-1B visa, and helping improving the capabilities of the domestic workforce in the United States ...
Prior to this Act, there were 195,000 slots available under the annual H-1B cap. Nonprofit research institutions were exempt from the cap, and people who had been counted towards the cap already (such as if they were transferring jobs or extending a 3-year H-1B by another 3 years) could apply without being counted against the cap as long as they weren't going over their 6-year limit.
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