Author: Marcelo Barros

On April 1st, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it had received nearly 275,000 H-1B visa applications—more than three times the H-1B annual limit of 85,000. That means a majority of international students who competed in this year’s H-1B visa lottery won’t be able to secure a visa. Also, on April…

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The H-1B cap season for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 began on April 1, 2019. This means that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is currently accepting petitions for H-1B visas subject to the cap on the number of these visas that will be granted for the FY 2020. Each…

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This article on the H-1B visa was originally published on BusinessBecause.  Fresh changes to US immigration rules have increased the odds of overseas MBA students gaining US work authorization by over 10%, but only 48% of 1,200 employers polled by GMAC before the reforms were rolled out said they would hire MBA graduates from abroad this year.…

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If you’re an international student who wants to work in the U.S. after graduation, you need to maximize every opportunity you have to gain work experience before you graduate. The reason is, in the end, U.S. employers are most impressed by college students who were highly involved during their studies—and had jobs…

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