The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has ruled that an entry level computer programmer position would not generally qualify as a position in a “specialty occupation”. The US has ruled ...

The US has ruled that being a simple computer programmer would no longer qualify as a specialist profession, which is a must for the issue of a H-1B work visa, in a move that could have far reaching ...

A recent decision by the US appellate court (referred to as Ninth Circuit) is a resounding victory for information technology (IT) companies that seek to sponsor computer programmers for H-1B visas.

On March 31, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum that provides new guidance regarding H-1B visas for computer-related positions. This document ...

On March 31, the day most H-1B applicants were filing their H-1B cap petitions for FY18, USCIS released a policy memorandum that supersedes and rescinds a December 22, 2000 memorandum entitled ...

Computer-programming employment fell steeply after the introduction of ChatGPT and has returned to its lowest level since 1980. Computer-programming employment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level ...

In a memo released last week, United States immigration officials moved to clarify the process for vetting H-1B visas for computer programmers. First spotted by Axios, a US Citizenship and Immigration ...

Starting today, companies can apply to win H-1B visas for the 2018 fiscal year–but it will be harder than ever to hire foreign coders. “An entry-level computer programmer position would not generally ...