Totally off topic...but about visas

[Amby 490]

I have a friend who applied for the H1B visa and qualified for it but didn't receive one because he wasn't randomly selected as one of the 60,000 people to receive one out of the 130,000 that applied the very first day they accepted them for this year. My question is if anyone knows if there is any other options for him to try to get here? His company sponsored him and he is coming to work on a specific project. Does he just have to wait until next year and apply again?

[Portlander 0]

From what I understand, he does just have to wait. This seems to be an issue of concern for the US, as we want to maintain the brain drain (say that 10 times faist!) A lot of highly educated immigrants are now just goping to other countries because its more stable, immigrationally.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I have a friend who applied for the H1B visa and qualified for it but didn't receive one because he wasn't randomly selected as one of the 60,000 people to receive one out of the 130,000 that applied the very first day they accepted them for this year. My question is if anyone knows if there is any other options for him to try to get here? His company sponsored him and he is coming to work on a specific project. Does he just have to wait until next year and apply again?

Depends on a number of things. If the sponsoring company has a branch in the foreign country, they could hire the individual there and then do an L1 visa (intercompany transfer). There may be a minimum work requirement overseas before an employee becomes eligible for this type of visa. We do that quite frequently in my firm to maintain a decent degree of local expertise for the various markets we support. The L1 also has the advantage that the spouse of the transferred employee is eligible for a derivative visa that allows him/her to apply for an EAD once in the US. H1B spouses are not so lucky. They're essentially damned to sit at home. Needless to say that most of our foreign experts prefer the L1.

[Amby 490]

Thank you both! Anyone else? Just trying to get any info I can to give him.

[Amby 490]

Thanks to you both. I guess no one else knows anything about the H1B!! I'm in the dark as well.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

What citizenships does he have?

[Amby 490]

he's from france

[mawilson 2,133]

he's from france

We're from France!

[metta 0]

I have a friend who applied for the H1B visa and qualified for it but didn't receive one because he wasn't randomly selected as one of the 60,000 people to receive one out of the 130,000 that applied the very first day they accepted them for this year. My question is if anyone knows if there is any other options for him to try to get here? His company sponsored him and he is coming to work on a specific project. Does he just have to wait until next year and apply again?

I think 66000 is for H2B . H1B cap is 6800.

Here is the linkHvisas

This is what I got in my email today regarding hiring foreign employees. The department that hires an H1B is to pay for the visa fee and we are asked to add that in to our budgets should we want to hire one.

Note: Filing Fees

A U.S. employer filing an H-1B petition must submit the $190 petition filing fee and, unless exempt under Part B of the H-1B Data Collection and Filing Fee Exemption Supplement of this form, an additional fee of either $1500 or $750. AU.S. employer with a total of 25 or less full-time equivalent employees in the United States (including any affiliate or subsidiary of the employer) is only obligated to pay the $750 fee.

Petitioners filing Form I-129 to employ an H-1B1 Free Trade Nonimmigrant from Chile or Singapore must also complete the applicable supplements to the Form I-129 petition. Specifically, the Nonimmigrant Classification Based on Free Trade Agreement Supplement to Form I-129, and the H-1B Data Collection and Filing Fee Exemption Supplement are required.

Unless exempt under Part B of the H-1B Data Collection and Filing Fee Exemption Supplement of this form, the additional filing fee of either $1,500 or $750 is also required of U.S. employers seeking to employ an H-1B1 Free Trade Nonimmigrant from Chile or Singapore in the following situations:

• Employers seeking to employ a current H-1B1 Free Trade Nonimmigrant from Chile or Singapore presently employed by another H-1B1 employer;

• Employers requesting an initial extension of H-1B1 status for an H-1B1 Free Trade Nonimmigrant from Chile or Singapore that they presently employ; and

• Employers seeking to change an alien's status and employ the alien as an H-1B1 Free Trade Nonimmigrant from Chile or Singapore in new employment.

A U.S. employer filing an H-1B petition who is required to pay the additional fee may make the payment in the form of a single check or money order for the total amount due or as two checks or money orders, one for the additional fee and one for the petition fee.

H-1B and L-1 petitioners who must pay the $500 Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee and H-2B petitioners who must pay the $150 Fraud Prevention and Detection fee must pay with a check or money order that is separate from the additional fee and petition fee. For complete information on these additional fees, please refer to the Form I-129 filing instructions relating to the H-1B, H-2B, and L -1.

Edited May 16, 2007 by metta

[Saddle Bronc 124]

he's from france

Just needed to establish that the person is NOT a Canuck (generally H1-b'able jobs are also TN-1'able, but the TN-1 is a Canucks-only). Another option may be R-1 if they can get a religious-worker job.