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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Physicians Under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program

June 26th, 2017
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that starting Monday, June 26, the agency will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed for medical doctors under the Conrad 30 Waiver program, as well as interested government agency… Read More
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Categories: H-1B
Tags: H-1B, J-1 waiver, physicians, premium processing

President Trump's New Executive Order on H-1B

April 24th, 2017
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman
On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed a new Executive Order regarding the H-1B program. The Executive Order is titled “Buy American and Hire American.” However, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) (AILA Do… Read More
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Categories: Immigration News
Tags: attorney, buy American, Donald trump, executive order, h1b, hire American, immigration, physicians, president

State Distribution of H-1B Physicians

April 21st, 2017
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman
A study by Peter Kahn and Tova Gardin, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, sought to investigate the H-1B program, specifically in regards to physicians. According to 2016 data by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Forei… Read More
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Categories: Immigration News
Tags: attorney, data, distribution, doctors, h1b, hospitals, immigration, medical, physicians, rural, shortage, states, study