The U.S. Department of Labor has promulgated a helpful guide for employers about the H-1B nonimmigrant visa process.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as amended created the H-1B classification for temporary employment of foreign workers in the United States in specialty occupations or as fashion models. Amendments also created the H-1B1 classification for workers of Chile and Singapore in specialty occupations and the E-3 classification for workers of Australia in specialty occupations. In this Advisor, the term H-1B will include H-1B1 and E-3 unless otherwise noted. The intent of the H-1B provisions is to help employers who cannot otherwise obtain needed business skills and abilities from the U.S. workforce by authorizing the employment of qualified individuals who are not otherwise authorized to work in the United States. The law establishes certain standards in order to protect similarly employed U.S. workers from being adversely affected by the employment of the nonimmigrant workers, as well as to protect the H-1B workers.
The U.S. Department of Labor has promulgated a helpful guide for employers about the H-1B nonimmigrant visa process.
Check it out at: https://www.dol.gov/elaws/h1b.htm