Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B

By:  Richard Hanus, Esq. October 22, 2023 In the coming days, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services ("DHS/CIS") will be publishing a proposed rule that will significantly impact the way U.S. companies and foreign workers vie for a chance at one of 85,000 H-1B visas made available each year. Its implementation is still up in the air, but if the rule takes effect it will likely be in time for the next H-1B visa lottery in early 2024. First, and most notably, the proposed rule would alter the current visa lottery system by limiting each foreign national looking to [...]

By:  Richard Hanus, Esq. Published – February 20, 2023 There used to be a time when a foreign national worker in the U.S. did not need to depart the country and appear at a U.S. consular post to renew their U.S. work visa stamp.   Instead, that worker could send their foreign passport containing their expired work visa to a domestic U.S. Department of State office and within a period of weeks, the worker would receive back their passport with a renewed visa stamp.  The U.S. Department of State recently announced a plan to reinstitute this program in the very near future. [...]

By:  Richard Hanus, Esq. Published February 20, 2022 As an immigration lawyer for the past 30 years, I have learned to never be surprised at the levels of creativity and deceit immigration scammers resort to in carrying out their schemes.  The promise of financial opportunity and freedom in America is the golden lure for ambitious foreign nationals seeking to make a better life for themselves and families.  The more desperate the freedom and opportunity seeker is, the more vulnerable they are to the dishonest ploy.  Unfortunately, once scammed, the unsuspecting foreign national typically takes a sizeable economic hit and is left without [...]