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Episode 10,
Feb 2, 2010: Right to Control in an Employer Employee Relationship
- Yasmin Blackburn, Esq.
This podcast concerns the establishment of an employer-employee relationship for an H-1B filed by an IT consulting company. Specifically, the right to control when, where, and how a Beneficiary performs their job.
 
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Episode 09,
Jan 22, 2010: Avoiding RFEs
- Maier Negugogor, Esq.
This pod cast is to provide guidance to IT consulting companies filing H-1B petitions for employees scheduled to work at client sites. The Service requires specific documentation when filing such cases so it is important that you have an experienced immigration attorney handling your case.
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Episode 08,
Jan 20, 2010: Employer-Employee relationship in the H1-B context
- Vaman Kidambi, Esq
This week, the USCIS came out with a long awaited memo meant to clarify the employer-employee relationship for H-1B processing. The memo is entitled, “Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third-Party Site Placements” and issued by Associate Director Donald Neufeld.
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Episode 07,
Dec 11, 2008: H-1B Jobs in Recession Proof Jobs List
- Vaman Kidambi, Esq
As the economy heads into a recession, clients have been forced to rethink their strategy for H-1B visas for the next fiscal year. Once again, in April of 2009, 65,000 visas become available and employers all over the country will vie for a chance to hire qualified foreign employees.
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Episode 06,
May 05, 2008: P Visa for Sportspersons
- Christina A. Apfel, Esq
The P visa category is reserved for people who will be coming to the US to perform in athletics. At our office, we routinely process P visas for tennis players.
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Episode 05,
Mar 03, 2008: BALCA Decisions
- Yasmin Blackburn, Esq
This podcast concerns three recent Board of Alien Labor Certification (BALCA) decisions that have a great impact on the PERM process. PERM denials may be appealed to BALCA. A few cautions about PERM: the new system is very unforgiving of errors, employer involvement at all levels is key unlike the old system, and good faith recruitment is critical to having a case approved.
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Episode 04,
Feb 11, 2008: Upcoming H-1B Season - 2009
- Vaman B. Kidambi, Esq
O.K., so we are once again looking at a mad rush to file H-1Bs on April 1st. Technically, the USCIS is supposed to accept petitions for the first two days before they close the CAP for FY 2009. So, you have until the end of the day on the 2nd to file petitions.
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Episode 03,
Feb 04, 2008: RFE’s Why? And, How To Avoid Them
- Christina A. Apfel, Esq
This week, we would like to discuss Requests for Additional Evidence, commonly known as RFEs. Specifically RFEs issued in H-1B cases.
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Episode 02,
Jan 28, 2008: PERM Audits - Why?
- Yasmin Blackburn, Esq
Hello and welcome to this immigration minute with Kidambi & Associates. The Department of Labor closed all Backlog Reduction Centers or BECs on September 30, 2007. BEC personnel were then moved to the National Processing Centers. In addition, some State Workforce Agency personnel were also moved to the National Processing Centers.
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Episode 01, Jan 18, 2008: Welcome to Kidambi iCastTM
- Vaman B. Kidambi, Esq
Welcome to Kidambi & Associates. You are listening to the first of a series of periodical pod casts on our website designed to introduce you to our services.
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