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抽签，下岗以及如何保持身份并尽量减少影响

内容简介：又是一年H-1B的申请季，今年抽签的时间点和流程有变化吗？受到目前公司的裁员潮影响的朋友们关注如何保持身份并尽量减少对绿卡申请的影响。欢迎参加并现场提问。

主讲嘉宾：孟雨茜律师，23年移民法经验

嘉宾简介：孟雨茜律師先後畢業於北京大學和美國楊百瀚大學法學院。譽得兩個大學的法律碩士學位。她是美國移民律師協會會員。她曾在幾家美國移民律師事務所工作﹐在創立孟雨茜律師事務所之後﹐她以她豐富且成功的經驗﹐並對變化多端的移民法的透徹的理解﹐為客戶提供專業的法律服務﹐ 達到極高的成功率。在H- 1B拒绝率极高 (<60%)的财年里，她的成功率也是90%以上。她對每一個客戶均認真評估 為客戶設計有個性化的方案來達到移民美國的夢想﹐ 在客戶中享有極高的聲譽。
孟雨茜律師2021和2022两年都被评为Santa Clara county最佳移民律师之一! 评选结果她的专业程度和声誉都是A和A+

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2013 H-1B Visa Has Reach the Quota

USCIS announced that 2013 annual H-1B non-immigrant short-term work visas have been filled to capacity; and the receiving deadline was June 11. Therefore, the USCIS no longer accepts the new application, but still accepts the other H-1B case.

The annual cap on H-1B category is 65,000, and another 20,000 places to give the expatriates received a master’s or higher degree. According to the USCIS, until June 7, 2012, 20,000 master’s H-1B quota has been exhausted. If the H-1B petitioner is higher education, related or affiliated non-profit organization, non-profit research institutions, government research institutions, it is not subject to the quota restrictions. In addition, H-1B extension of the visa validity period, change of the current job, change of employer, are not subject to the limitations of the closing date.

Petitioners are often confused by the complicated H-1B filing fees which are outlined below:

1. If the employer has one of the following situations, it needs to pay filing fee of $325.00, plus $500.00 Fraud Prevention and Detection fee for an initial H-1B petition:

1. 1. The employer is an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit organization or entity related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education;
   2. The employer is a nonprofit research organization or a governmental research organization;
   3. The second or subsequent H-1B extension petition that have filed for the same alien;
   4. An amended petition that does not contain any request for extensions of stay;
   5. The purpose of filing the petition is to correct a USCIS error;
   6. The employer is a primary or secondary education institution; or
   7. The employer is a nonprofit entity that engages in an established curriculum-related clinical training of students registered at such an institution.

1. If the employer does not fit any criteria listed above, it needs to submit filing fee of $325.00, plus $500.00 Fraud Prevention and Detection fee for an initial H-1B petition, plus $750.00 if the employer has a total of 25 or less full-time equivalent employees in the U.S. (including any affiliate or subsidiary of the employer) or $1,500.00 if the employer has a total of more than 25 full-time equivalent employees in the U.S.

1. Starting from August 14, 2010 to September 30, 2014, if the petitioner employs 50 or more individuals in the U.S., and more than 50% of those employees in H-1B or L nonimmigrant status, it must submit additional $2,000.00.

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1. The above rule applies to petitioners filing H-1B petition to employ an H-1B1 Free Trade Nonimmigrant from Chile or Singapore.