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Foreign employees accept the job after admission notice, you can begin to start applying for H-1B visas. In general, before the official start of work for six months, they are ready to apply for H-1B visa / identity, but not earlier than six months. Step H-1B application is as follows: 1. Query the current Department of Labor wage, prevailing wage in the area to find the post. Prevailing wage jobs depend on the nature and content, rather than the employee's own conditions. Providing the right information is very important because any mistake could change the existing wages. If the prevailing wage level is higher than the salary provided by the employer, to find information and other relevant prevailing wage standard database. 2. The employer must submit the case to the US Labor Department of Labor to apply LCA. The application will be bound by the employer must pay wages not less than the prevailing wage, and providing equal treatment to other employees H-1B foreign workers. 3. After obtaining the approval of the Department of Labor of LCA, to prepare other related materials, submit all relevant documents and application fee H-1B application to the USCIS in April 1 of each year. H-1B treatment time is generally 2-4 months, if the employer's contribution to accelerate the processing fee may also be expedited hearing immigration H-1B application, will give the general immigration final result 15 days. 4. H-1B after the application is approved, then entered into force on October 1, is valid for 3 years. 5. H-1B period of three years prior to the need for an extension, a total of 6 years.

According to last year's situation, no premium processing was selected, and in mid-April, you will receive e-mail receipt confirmation notices. The selected audit time ranges from 2-10 months according to the analysis of the situation in recent years. If there is a Request for Evidence, it is even about a year.

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In fact, part-time H-1B wage bill in order to save the company, want to retain the "economic" strategy used by employees. In general, H-1B part-time and the H-1B full-time wages have on the level of difference, but immigration is examined hourly rate, and therefore does not affect the probability lottery and identity work in the United States. There is also an immigration officer may question whether part-time jobs is real, commercial contracts, recruitment advertising and contract personnel, etc. required in the RFE. Specifics may vary, but will not display full-time or part-time on the ratification of the H-1B, changing jobs for the future apply for a new H-1B have no effect.

The application time for H-1B is usually from the end of December of the previous year to the beginning of March of the following year. Before applying for H-1B, you must apply for a Labor Condition Application from the Labor Department, which usually takes about a week. Although LCA is not as strict as H-1B, once checked, it will seriously affect the progress of H-1B application. So if allowed, try to start the application around January. No later than the beginning of March.