Hello!
We've provided this news to many IT recruiters currently using
our service, and it has been suggested that we try to send this
important information out to IT consulting companies also,
since it is affecting your industry...so here it is (if you are
not a "consulting company", please accept my apology for
receiving this by mistake!):
For many employers who hire foreign workers, the fact that the
cap for H-1B workers is close to being reached, is of major
importance! As you may know, a total of 65,000 H-1B visas are
issued annually (fiscal year ends on Sept. 30). A push in
congress to increase the allotment has been going on for several
months now. One industry that backs the increase is the high
tech industry! If what the industry reports (almost 350,000 job
openings), the reported critical shortage of skilled high tech
workers available in the US has made it imperative that the
number of H-1B visas be increased!
Please note that those foreign workers already here working on an
H-1B visa and desiring to simply change employers, are not
subject to the cap. Only those arriving initially on an H-1B
visa or changing visa status to H-1B (i.e. student or tourist
changing to H-1B) will be subject to the cap.
For those of you who do hire foreign workers, it will interest
you to know that as of 3/31/98, the number of H-1B visas used for
the 1998 fiscal year (so far) has reached: 49,854. This figure
has been reported by the American Immigration Lawyers
Association. The cap last year was reached in August, '97. This
year, it has been predicted that the cap will be reached in May
or June, if an increase is not approved. Otherwise, the usual
65,000 visas will again be available effective 10/1/98.
If you would like more detailed information about the work being
done in congress to increase the number of visas, please e-mail
me at [log in to unmask] and request an "H-1B update". And, if you
want to be included on a list to be notified of upcoming
immigration news that may affect you, you can also e-mail me and
request "Immigration News Updates".
Our service and rates: we specialize in processing H-1B visas
and Immigrant visas (green cards) for IT professionals (for the
individual and for their employer).
Our fees, which are all inclusive (service fee, INS filing fees,
& miscellaneous expenses) are:
H-1B visas: $930 - $1000 (amount varies due to the different INS
filing fee amounts for different types of processes...i.e.
initial entry, extension, change in employer, change of status,
etc.)
Green Cards: $3400 plus the cost of the recruitment ad.
(includes service, filing fees, and misc. expenses - except cost
of recruitment ad - for labor certification, I-140, and
adjustment of status).
For a more detailed copy of our "rate sheets", please e-mail me
at [log in to unmask] and request "IT Rate Sheets".
If you're interested and want to learn more about us and our
qualifications, please go to our website at www.immspec.com and
feel free to contact us by e-mail or by phone. We also process
other various types of visas for other professions...call or mail
for more information.
Thanking you in advance for your time!
Lola Kruse, President
IMMIGRATION SPECIALTIES, INC.
102 North Elm Place, Suite B-1
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
(918) 258-6092
(918) 259-8792 Fax
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Website: www.immspec.com
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