The filing period for the H-2B visa shall be reopened by the USCIS for the current fiscal year 2009. This H-2B visa is of great help for those foreign workers who visit the US in order to work in a non-agricultural position at a temporary status. This of course, occurs when a US employer sponsors them. In order to avail of this opportunity, the immigrants would require some amount of cooperation from the US employers too. They need to express that there is a prevalent dearth of work force in the US, which makes the hiring of foreign labor essential. The occupational sectors like education, construction; healthcare, manufacturing, food service/processing, resort/hospitality and landscaping require the most immigrant talents. The US employers are simply required to file an application for temporary labor certification to the US Department of Homeland Security that they would like to sponsor a foreign worker.
If the petition for the H-2B visa gets approved by the USCIS, the immigrants also have the option to apply for the H-2B visa from his nearest US consulate. This will allow the immigrant worker to enter the US and work for his employer.
The filing period for the H-2B was terminated by January, 2009 but, the Department of State had issued just 40,640 H-2B visas and about 25,000 visas were left unissued. However, the H-2B visa petitions ought to be completed before the end of September 2009. This process can be completed through the premium processing.
Written by srini on August 28th, 2009 with no comments.
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The United States underwent a radical change the year Sen. Edward Kennedy became a sponsor to the Immigration and Nationality Act, 1965. This acted as a launching pad for his political career too. Prior to 1965, no immigrant could land at the united states apart from those from the Western Europe. As observed today by a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts, the legislation did away with the operational discriminatory quotas. It resulted in family reunification being the principle reason for immigration as observed in the current times. Loads of people from Latin America to Asia came into America and one can observe that the 10 million foreign-born populations climbed up to a whopping 30 million within the following four decades.
This resulted in an immigration chain, where the wife followed along with the children and then the parents, later on followed by the extended family and even friends and acquaintances. Then, those who were entangled in the immigration enforcement laws and people who were residing in America in an illegal manner also obtained great help from this senator. Some 361 immigrants were detained in a factory raid. In 2007, Kennedy visited New Bedford to visit these detained families and later on he succeeded in convincing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement department to issue special guidelines with regard to the immigrants who had children. Although, he was working with Sen. John McCain to introduce a bill that would have helped some 12 million immigrant families, it failed.
Written by srini on August 27th, 2009 with no comments.
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Ieoh Ming Pei is one of America’s most famous immigrants. Ieoh has been able to create an identity for himself that many of the people who are born in America have not been able to achieve. Ieoh was born in the year 1917, in the Canton province of China. He immigrated to the United States when he was just 18, in the year 1935. He came to study in the MIT and was a student of architecture. Later on he also attended the Boston University, in order to gain more knowledge in the field of architecture.
In the year 1942, Ieoh became a concrete designer. He also taught at Harvard till the year 1948 as an assistant professor. Ieoh joined the Webb & Knap Inc in the year 1948 and worked there till 1960. In that year he started his own company and named it I.M. Pei & Partners. Ieoh is known for his geometric patters that give a different identity to the buildings that he has designed. He is also famous for the innovative use of glass in the construction and beautification of a building.
Some of the most famous creations of Ieoh are the East wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, the John F Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has also updated the Louvre in Paris.
Written by srini on August 26th, 2009 with no comments.
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It has been a long drawn debate over the H-1B visa and is still continuing. The whole of America is heating up with this fresh bout of debate over the H-1B visa. Many groups which are opposing the very concept of the H-1B visa are of the opinion that the visa should be cancelled with immediate effect. They are of the opinion that people from outside the country are coming with the help of H-1B visas, they are taking away the jobs that the Americans should have got.
This is just one side of the debate. The pro-H-1B groups are up in arms to ensure that the visa continues as it is and they are also trying to ensure that the administration gives some more facilities with this visa. The groups have sighted many examples, starting from Sergey Brin of Google, to Steve Chen of YouTube, from Jawed Karim to Andrew Carnegie, who are all immigrants and who have all participated in the growth and development of America. The successful immigrants list will go on and on and everyday new names are being added, such as Vikram Pandit and Indra Nooyi.
President Barack Obama is expected to chair a high level meeting and has promised the pro-H-1B visa groups that he will ensure that the immigration reforms are put in place as soon as possible. But the debate does not seem to end there.
Written by srini on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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When we talk about steel in America, the first name that obviously comes to our mind is the name of Andrew Carnegie. He is said to be the father of steel in America, as he single handedly created a steel industry out of nothing in the US. Andrew Carnegie was born in the country of Scotland on the 25th of November 1835. He and his family came over to America as immigrants and Andrew was just a child at that time.
Andrew is said to be one of the most successful immigrants of America, as he had built the Carnegie Steel Company based in Pittsburgh. The company was launched way back in the year 1892, after Carnegie had combined all his assets along with the assets of his friends and well-wishers in order to get the required fund for the company. In the year 1889, the steel output of US was more than that of the UK and the majority of the steel in the US came from the Carnegie Steel plant.
Later on, Andrew became a philanthropist as he retired from the day to day activity of the steel company. He had founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburg. Andrew Carnegie is often referred to as the second richest man in history after John D Rockefeller.
Written by srini on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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The White House is all set to play host to an important meeting that is expected to discuss the much awaited immigration reforms, which have been delayed due to many unforeseen setbacks. The basis of the meeting is the various reforms that President Barak Obama wants to introduce. It is expected that the introduction of these reforms will take some time but there will be not much difficulty in putting them through.
Experts are of the opinion that the President will not have to lose his sleep on these reforms. But the reforms are expected to bring about certain changes in the US immigration policy and this may block the path for many UK candidates to come and work in the US.
The bulletin released in the month of August by the US Department of State notifies that there will be some changes in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories for the employment-based permanent visas. In the present moment countries of the EU fall under the EB-1 category and many more countries are expected to be added in the EB-3 category. But the exact time frame for all these changes has not been fixed as yet.
The present global recession has also had an effect on the number of applicants wanting to travel to the US for jobs. A downfall in the number of applications has been observed all through the year.
Written by srini on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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Madeleine Albright is such a personality who is known by people all over the world. She is perhaps one of the most famous immigrants in the history of the United States. She has held the post of the Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, from the year 1997 to the year 2001.
She was born on the 5th of May 1937, in the city of Prague, which is the capital of the erstwhile Czechoslovakia. Her father Josef Korbel was also a diplomat and was a supporter of the Czech democrats. But the whole family of Madeleine had to go on an exile to England during the World War II. Later on, after the war was over, the family again moved back to the country and Josef was given diplomatic responsibilities too.
Finally, Madeleine moved to the US along with his father Josef, when he got appointed as a professor in the University of Denver. Madeleine had studied in the Wellesley College, the Johns Hopkins University and the Columbia University. Apart from having done her PhD, she has also received many Honorary Doctors of Laws from various Universities in the US and also from other countries. Madeleine has also held many important positions in the US administration, including that of the US Ambassador to the UN and of course the Secretary of State. She has also authored many books.
Written by srini on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) who is the chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee of the senate is expected to bring in a bill which aims at introducing new reforms in the existing immigration laws of the land. It is also expected that President Barack Obama will be supporting the efforts of the senator, as he has been trying to ensure that the illegal immigration is reduced to as much as possible.
The immigration bill is expected to heat up the autumn sitting of the Congress and is also expected to bring forth many unexpected truths about the whole immigration policy of the country.
Off late, the Obama administration has been trying to ensure that the inflow of the unskilled illegal immigrants be effectively controlled and replaced by a planned inflow of skilled legal immigrants. The immigration reforms bill intends to do exactly that. But, the details of the bill are not yet available in the public domain.
President Obama and Senator Schumer might find this prospect as a pretty difficult one to get through. The bill is slated to face a lot of opposition, as there is a strong lobby of the immigrants of various countries, especially those from the Asian countries. It is to be seen how the Senator and the President plan their moves and ensure that the immigration bill sails through the Congress as quickly as possible.
Written by srini on August 24th, 2009 with no comments.
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Immigration in the United States has always been a debated issue and the house stands divided on the positives and negatives of this single phenomenon. But, the success stories of the famous immigrants have perhaps sealed the case in favor of the immigrants.
One of the most talked about successful immigrants of America is Dov Charney. He is the founder and owner of the American Apparel, the largest single garments factory in the whole of the US.
The American Apparel is a case which points out how the immigrants have contributed to the growth and development of the country. Dov at present employs more than 3,800 people in his factory and he makes it a point to greet every single employee in the morning. This is a regular practice to generate a feeling in the minds of the employees that they are the most important asset of the company. Dov is a very energetic person and he is just 37 at present. At this age, he comes across as a bundle of energy which gets readily transferred to his employees.
The American Apparel showroom is a place to be. You have some brilliant music playing and the walls are filled with youthful pictures of males and females displaying all the various products.
Dov is undoubtedly one of the successful immigrants of America and he has come down from Canada.
Written by srini on August 24th, 2009 with no comments.
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A revamped British passport is all set to come in your hands. De La Rue has managed to bag the contract to design and produce this new look passport as stated by the Identity and Passport Service.
The immigrants will be able to use this new passport from October, 2010. The security features of this passport will be far tighter and it will also be equipped to store the finger-print biometrics within the passport. This new passport will reduce the risk in identity theft and the nation’s borders will be secured due to the process.
For the immigrants who always are required to carry the international travel documents, this passport will mean less hassle. As the IPS Chief Executive James Hall observes “The British passport is recognized as one of the best in the world and we want to keep it that way. Today we are affirming our commitment to making this travel document more secure than ever by using fingerprint biometrics”.
The British immigrants will be able to easily go forward with their travel plans across any country of the world due to the compact storage of definite information within it. The concerned authorities are of the opinion that it was extremely necessary for revamp of the British passport in order to keep pace with the changes in the security measures that are the need of the hour.
Written by srini on August 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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