Employer's Obligations to Workers Who Have H-1B Visas

When employers hire H-1B workers, the employers are agreeing to take on serious obligations.

Worker's Rights and Responsibilities With an H-1B Visa

If you are an H-1B worker, you are protected by immigration and employment laws that safeguard your rights as a foreign employee.

Is Your Workplace Ready for a USCIS Worksite Inspection?

As an employer whose personnel include foreign nationals on temporary (nonimmigrant) visas, you need to be aware that the process isn't over when the employee gets the visa and shows up for work.

H-1B Employers: What Wage Must You Pay?

When a U.S. employer considers hiring a foreign-born worker, an inevitable part of the analysis will be how much to pay that person.

Why Did My Take-Home Pay Go Down After I Switched to H-1B Status?

How U.S. tax obligations change one's take-home pay after H-1B status becomes effective.

How Long an H-1B Worker Can Stay in the United States

The H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant visa. That means it it does not allow its holder to remain in the U.S. permanently, as an immigrant, but instead expires after a specified period of time.

Can You Renew Your Nonimmigrant Work Visa?

What you need to know if you decide to renew your H-1B or other work-related visa.

If My Visa Has Run Out But My I-94 Hasn't, When Do I Need to Leave the U.S.?

The date on your I-94 is the one to go by.

Can H-1B worker renew visa in Canada before short trip to India?

Question I'm working in the U.S. on an H-1B visa and plan to travel home to India this summer. I don't want to spend a day or two renewing the visa there. Can I renew my visa at the U.S. Consulate in Canada? Is there anything in particular I need to know about renewing my visa in Canada? Answer Although

Can H-1B Worker With DUI and Expired Visa Travel to a Conference Outside the U.S.?

Question I'm working in the U.S. on an H-1B visa and just got pulled over for drunk driving. My status is valid, but my visa expired.

If H-1B Period of Stay in My Passport Has Expired, Can I Leave and Return to U.S. Before I-94 Date Passes?

Is my I-94 Departure Record or the period of stay noted in my passport enough to return to the United States following a trip abroad?

I'm on an H-1B visa but got another job offer. Can I transfer my H-1B to the new company?

I am an Indian national working for a U.S. company on an H-1B visa, but I am unhappy at my job. Recently, I began looking for a new position.

What happens when a cap-exempt H-1B worker wants to move to a non-cap-exempt job?

I am in the U.S. on an H-1B visa, working at a nonprofit research institute as a research scientist. The nonprofit is affiliated with a university. I have been offered a similar job by a U.S. private company. Can I transfer my H-1B visa to work there?

H-1B Portability - How Workers Can Change Employers

Under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 ("AC21"), an H-1B worker may change employers once the new employer's petition is pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). (A change in employers always requires filing a new visa petition). Under previous

Is former H-1B worker, in the U.S. on another visa, subject to H-1B cap for new job?

Question My former employer, an IT consulting firm, sponsored me for an H-1B visa. I worked there for three years with the H-1B and then went back to school to get my master's degree. I now have an F-1 visa/status. I don't plan on finishing the degree and instead want to get back to work. I am now seeking

How Taking an Approved Leave Affects Your H-1B Employment

Just as life happens for everyone else, so too does life happen for the H-1B worker. Having children, taking care of an ill relative, or being ill yourself all may require taking a leave of some weeks or months from work. Or, you may simpy want to take some time off for an extended vacation or other

Switching to new H-1B job; can I ask old employer for money it would've spent flying me home?

Only in cases where the employer dismisses the H-1B worker does the return-transportation obligation kick in.

I want to change H-1B jobs, but my employer won't give me pay stubs -- now what?

Paystubs are an important piece of evidence that you've been maintaining status if you wish to switch to a new H-1B employer -- here's how to deal with the lack of them.

My H-1B employer isn't paying me -- can I switch employers?

How to prove that you've been maintaining status, for purpose of transferring to a new job on an H-1B visa, despite the lack of paystubs.

Just got laid off from H-1B job—do I have any grace period or can I get another visa to jobhunt?

I've been working in the United States as a Software Engineer with an H-1B visa for more than a year now. My employer just informed me that my last day of work will be this Friday.

H-4 Spouses: How to Apply for a Work Permit on Form I-765

Some, but not all H-4 visa holders who are the spouse of an H-1B worker are eligible to accept U.S. employment. For those H-4 spouses who aren’t eligible to work in the U.S., doing so would constitute a violation of their status. For those H-4 spouses who are eligible to work, however – namely those