H1B Problems for 2011
Well here we go again. In 2007 and 2008 the H1B visas ran out the first day (April 1), and then last year companies were prevented from using the program (TARP funding), and the California Service Center went crazy with inappropriate Requests for Evidence. So its only natural as we look ahead to April 1, 2010, [...]
Why Limit Investment Visas to Treaty Countries?
In case someone did not notice, the economic condition of the US is not so hot right now. It does not seem like a very big stretch to me that the US should be welcoming any person who wants to come here and invest capital. Sadly, this is not the case. If you are from [...]
Obama to increase H-1B’s?
A great analysis of why and how this might happen – from Computerworld no less. We can hope – right?
What a Great Idea
What a great idea! Let’s stimulate the economy by encouraging more people to come here and deposit funds into, and buy property in,the US. The US currently grants green cards for investors but the amount is between 500K and 1MM, and all the funds must go into the venture. In an opinion piece that ran [...]
Mayor Bloomberg Saves the US
Mayor Bloomberg wrote an awesome letter to the next president. It really hits home. I am inseritng the section on Immigration. Please listen people!
Immigration
Pioneering green energy—and countless other new technologies—requires the best and brightest minds. Unfortunately, our broken immigration system has been shutting too many of them out. In many cases, brilliant young students come [...]
War on Immigrants
Well thank goodnbess for the NY Times. At least someone out there (besides me) has noticed that the candidates for president have skipped the issue of immigration. In an editorial this morning they reminded us that these ridiculous raids are what we can all expect if someone does not start to talk about what needs [...]
Visa Waiver Program Expansion
Expansion of the Visa Waiver Program! South Korea, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia, all will now enjoy visa-free travel to the United States beginning about one month from now. Hurray for what looks like easing of access to the US.
A Little Good News
So while we can not get the candidates to talk about immigration (the only time the word cameup in the debate was by McCain talking about Obama’s ads), there has been some small good news. First the TN visa has been extended from one year to three years. Second, the EB-5 pilot program was extended [...]
US should take some lessons from Canada!
I am so frustrated with how backwards the current US Immigration system is. Workers are needed in so many categories and so often its just impossible to get to the US or stay in the US. But then you see the programs that Alberta, Canada is running, and you can’t help but wonder how they [...]
How come no one says anything about Immigration?
I watched another debate last night, and still not one word about Immigration, reform, policy, enforcement. How can something that was such an important issue be gone? No one in Congress seeems to do anything for the professions that need workers, like nursing, or trucking. What about the fact that Microsoft is moving jobs to [...]
Kudos to the NY Times Editorial Board
Its about time people stood up and said we should do something. Kudos to the NY Times Editorial Board for what they said this morning. Of course its a shame that even they don’t think its fgoing to happen. Visa recapture could grant over 500,000 Green Cards to the people who ahve been waiting in [...]
