In a sign of the improving economy, the U.S. government said it saw a sharp rise in petitions for skilled-foreign-worker visas during the first week of this year’s application season. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received 25,600 petitions for H-1B visas since April 2, nearly twice as many as it received for the entire … Continue reading
The U.S. Immigration Service held a summit today in Silicon Valley to tackle a “reverse brain drain” of American-trained entrepreneurs returning to their native countries to start companies. More than 100 leaders from high tech, academia and government met at Moffett Field to discuss the “Entrepreneurs in Residence” initiative. “The best and brightest from all … Continue reading