| As an immigration lawyer in the San Francisco Bay | | | | Neufeld, associate director of service center |
| Area, this is a busy time as on April 1 the U.S. started | | | | operations, outlined how USCIS service centers that |
| to accept applications for H-1B work visas. These | | | | process H-1B applications should handle their duties. It |
| visas allow for the temporary admittance of skilled | | | | calls for more documentation from companies such as |
| workers into the country. | | | | job contractors wanting to hire specific H-1B workers. |
| This year, the United States Citizenship and Immigration | | | | The documents must be submitted with each |
| Services (USCIS) has set a cap of 65,000 on petitions. | | | | application. |
| Although in the past, these spots have filled quickly, | | | | Additionally, these employers must have "employer |
| sometimes in less than two weeks, the present | | | | control" while their employees are at the third-party |
| economic recession in the U.S. means that the petition | | | | client site. |
| period could stay open for some time. | | | | If anything is array in the initial application it could result |
| Additionally, foreign workers may not be as quick to | | | | in a denial or rejection of the application. As an |
| apply due to reports that recently it has been more | | | | immigration lawyer, I'm connected to the H-1B work |
| difficult to obtain an approval an H-1B for smaller | | | | visa process and the changes that it has recently |
| companies. | | | | undergone. My offices in Sacramento and those in the |
| In my law office, we became aware of an important | | | | San Jose and San Francisco Bay areas are equipped |
| memo issued by the USCIS at the beginning of this | | | | to work with any company or individual on the H-1B |
| year. In January, this USCIS memo from Donald | | | | application process. |