Human Resources

There's a rule of business known by leaders far and wide: "To succeed, you have to take risks." Leaders may repeat the mantra often, but many still fall into the trap of avoiding risks because of the sting of prior failures and the fear of facing new ones. Sometimes, a leader thinks they see a failure coming – even before taking the risk – so they attempt to avoid the situation altogether. ... Source: Recruiter

Human Resources

There's a rule of business known by leaders far and wide: "To succeed, you have to take risks." Leaders may repeat the mantra often, but many still fall into the trap of avoiding risks because of the sting of prior failures and the fear of facing new ones. Sometimes, a leader thinks they see a failure coming – even before taking the risk – so they attempt to avoid the situation altogether. ... Source: Recruiter

Human Resources

Entrepreneur, speaker, and author Evan Carmichael might be a well-known business expert today, but his initial foray into the startup world wasn't an immediate success. When Carmichael and two of his friends started a biotech software company at the tender age of 19, they didn't rocket to success right away. "We sucked at the start," Carmichael says. "We were making $300 ... Source: Recruiter

Human Resources

Entrepreneur, speaker, and author Evan Carmichael might be a well-known business expert today, but his initial foray into the startup world wasn't an immediate success. When Carmichael and two of his friends started a biotech software company at the tender age of 19, they didn't rocket to success right away. "We sucked at the start," Carmichael says. "We were making $300 ... Source: Recruiter

Tech2Bs

Thanks to our guest author Pattam Onnu for taking time to write this article and share his experiences. You can share yours 1) Missing the deadline for the H1B Lottery : Usually, USCIS starts accepting new H1b visa petitions starting in April, and USCIS in theory continues the accept petitions until the cap is reached. However, in the last few years the cap is reached very quickly and USCIS resorts to computer generated random selection aka . So, if  your employer’s H1B petition doesn’t reach USCIS by appropriate time you will be left out of the lottery. Hence, it’s of paramount importance to send the H1B visa petition package to USCIS right on time. Also, applying for a new petition needs a few weeks of lead time to prepare the case, file LCA etc. So, followup with your employer and keep in touch with the HR/Immigration teams through out the..

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With the new Trump administration in US in 2017, there are so many rumors floating around internationals circles and media on what is happening at US Port of Entry. I see many people sharing info on article  …Some claim X % of their employees are denied entry, some say there are more secondary inspections, some say it is normal and nothing has changed. Unfortunately, there is no better way to track this information as nothing is shared publicly, unless one can come out and share it. We have created US Port of Entry Tracker to help one another. It is fully crowdsourced, you can add your details anonymously.  Check it out. US Port of Entry Experiences Tracker Check out US Port of Entry(POE) Experiences with anonymous data from everyone. To avoid spam, you need to do one time registration. Good part is, if you have already registered for or added any of your..

Marc Taylor

H-1B Visa Process The h1b visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits US organizations to employ professional level workers in an area of expertise that requires technical or theoretical expertise in specialized fields such as medicine, science, mathematics, engineering, architecture, accounting, finance, IT, etc. The United States employer may petition USCIS for the H-1B visa which has a normal duration of up to six years. It can be extended in certain cases if a green card petition is pending. H-1B Cap / Quota There is a cap of 65,000 H-1B visas issued each fiscal year. 20,000 petitions filed for persons with a U.S. master’s degree or higher are in addition to the 65,000 cap. Workers employed at government research organizations, institute of higher education, or a nonprofit research organization may be exempt from the cap. It is critical to plan in advance if you will be filing for H-1B visa..

Marc Taylor

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Recent speculations by media and news websites, solely based on “ Leaked Executive Order on H1B, L1 Visas by Trump’s Administration” and the recent H1B Bill “High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017“  introduced in house by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, have been blown out of proportion and creating confusion and anxiety in many current and prospective H1B visa holders. Due to the same timing of both of the executive order and H1B bill news, they are combined and facts are misinterpreted by many news agencies, which is the sole reason for the confusion. We will try to articulate the reality to clear all the confusions. First let’s look at both of the news separately. If you have not read, first read .  Now, Let’s look at the other news. Below is the summary of the H1B 130K Bill. Short Summary of the H1B Bill 130K – High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness..