H-4 Visa:
Question: Can you please let me know if I can send my wife and son to India for a few months and return to US without stamping with new petition? Their H4 visa on passport is valid till Jan 2013 but with my previous petition.
Answer: Yes you can. The H-4 visa is valid until expiration as long as you are in H-1B status. The H-4 is not tied to your current employer in the same way as your H-1B status.
Some recent certified LCA (ETA 9035) forms that are attached to iCERT e-mails have been missing the Certifying Officer’s signature.
The signature is a required element of the LCA and this can lead to rejection of the H-1B petition by USCIS if the Certifying Officer’s signature is missing.
Please carefully review the certified LCA that is included as an e-mail attachment from iCERT.
If the document be missing the required signature you can download the complete certified ETA 9035 directly from the iCERT portal.
USCIS has partnered with business experts to improve the way they approach the employment-based and high-skilled visa categories used by immigrant entrepreneurs.
Director Alejandro Mayorkas kicked-off this innovative program, called the Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative in February.
The EIR initiative consists of a tactical team comprised of outside experts working alongside USCIS employees.
For 90 days this collaborative team, comprised of both USCIS employees and entrepreneurs from the private sector, will identify opportunities where USCIS can streamline pathways for foreign entrepreneurs.
April 27, 2012
29,200 of the 65,000 H-1B regular cap-subject petitions were received by USCIS.
12,300 of the 20,000 H-1B petitions for foreign national beneficiaries with US Master Degrees were received by USCIS.
EB-2 India & China move forward to May 1st 2010.
http://www.usavisanow.com/visa-bulletin/visa-bulletin-dates-employment/