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Who Pays the Costs of Returning a Terminated H-1B Employee to Their Home Country?

To effect the termination of the H-1B employer-employee relationship prior to the expiration date of the H-1B petition, an employer is obligated to: notify the H-1B worker of the early termination; notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of the termination date; and provide the H-1b worker with payment of the return transportation to her…
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L-1B Non-Immigrant Visa

The L-1B Intracompany Specialized Knowledge The L-1 B nonimmigrant classification allows foreign companies seeking global growth and expansion in the U.S to transfer professional employees with specialized knowledge temporarily to work at their existing U.S. office or to set up a new office. It is the employer who files the petition on the behalf of…
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TN Non-Immigrant Visa for NAFTA Professionals

TN NAFTA Professionals If you are a national of Canada or Mexico seeking to enter temporarily in the United States to engage in business activities as a NAFTA Professional, the TN nonimmigrant visa may be for you. Individuals classified as Professionals are accountants, engineers, lawyers, pharmacists, scientists, and teachers. If you are a Canadian National…
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L-1A Non-Immigrant Visa

The L-1A Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager The L-1A nonimmigrant classification allows companies seeking global growth and expansion in the U.S to transfer their executives or managers temporarily to work at their existing U.S. office or to set up a new office. It is the employer who files the petition on the behalf of the…
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R-1 Non-Immigrant Visa

R1 NONIMMIGRANT RELIGIOUS WORKER Are you a foreign national who is seeking to come to the United States temporarily to provide services as a minister or in another religious occupation for a non-profit religious organization? If so, the R-1 nonimmigrant classification may be for you. Who may qualify as a Religious Worker? The foreign national…
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