Houston immigration attorney<\/a> Annie Banerjee has some breaking news about H-1B visas.<\/p>\n The H-1B visa, or specialty occupation work visa, is a non-immigrant temporary status given to individuals in a “specialty occupation” or profession. They need at least a Bachelor’s Degree in a field where the job is. Since 2007, Ms. Banerjee notes that many H-1B petitions were filed using FedEx or Express Mail by March 31st to reach New York or April 1st if the missives were enroute to California. Others were filed during the succeeding five days. The number of filings in 2009 was almost certainly less than in the preceding two years.<\/p>\n As of the 9th day of April, 2009, it was learned that H-1B numbers were still available, a fact that had been suspected but had been impossible to confirm. “As of this day, the 9th of April, 42,000 new H-1B cases have been filed out of a potential (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Houston immigration attorney Annie Banerjee has some breaking news about H-1B visas. The H-1B visa, or specialty occupation work visa, is a non-immigrant temporary status given to individuals in a “specialty occupation” or profession. They need at least a Bachelor’s…<\/span><\/p>\n