US Immigration News

We are taking the opportunity to remind everyone that the State Department is now accepting applicants under the electronic diversity visa lottery program. The entry period is from:

12:00PM EDT (GMT -4) on October 2, 2009

To

12:00PM EST (GMT -5) on November 30, 2009

Starting on 2 October 2009, the United States will begin accepting applications for the Diversity Visa 2011 Lottery, otherwise known as the Green Card Lottery.

For those who wish to live and work in the United States, the Green Card Lottery is a good opportunity as it does not require a sponsor such as a family member or employer. The application deadline is 30 November 2009.

The H-2B visa can be used for any type of work both skilled and unskilled in the following circumstances:

USCIS announced on 28 August 2009 that H-1B visas are still available; Approximately 45,100 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed.

The H-1B visa is a United States program designed to allow employers to hire skilled workers from abroad on a temporary basis. Typically, the work should require at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent.

H-1B occupations include computer programmers, architects, engineers, doctors, and other professional work. In addition, certain fashion models of "distinguished merit" are also eligible.

There is currently a huge shortage of nurses in the US; About 116,000 unfilled registered nurse vacancies at U.S. hospitals and nearly 100,000 nurse vacancies at Nursing homes.