INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
This is the second lawsuit filed by ITServe against USCIS.WASHINGTON: An IT advocacy group representing more than 1,000 small IT companies
mostly run by Indian-Americans has filed a lawsuit against the US immigration agency for issuing H-1B visas for shorter than three years
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical
The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China
These visas are typically issued for three to six years to employers to hire a foreign worker.Based out of Dallas in Texas, the ITServe
Alliance in its 43-page lawsuit filed last week alleged that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has recently begun a practice of
approving H-1B petitions for shorter than three years duration
"These petitions are often valid for only months or days at a time, and some cases are expired by the time the approval is received," it
In fact, the United States Congress has specifically granted power to the Department of Labor and DOL's regulations grant three-year
the second lawsuit filed by ITServe against USCIS.In the first lawsuit filed in July 2018, ITServe demanded USCIS to remove language from
their website prohibiting F-1 STEM OPT students working at the third part client locations
"The USCIS has been making arbitrary rules and memos for over eight years, it's our top priority to set things right and hold USCIS
receiving random denials for no reason
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