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California Service Center Policy Changes With Respect to Certain Forms of Concurrent H-1B Employment
- November 19, 2007

The California Service Center has changed its policy with respect to certain forms of concurrent H-1B employment. In the past, the CSC would approve an H-1B petition for concurrent employment that is cap-subject if the alien was the beneficiary of an approved H-1B petition submitted by a cap-exempt employer, applying a literal reading of INA § 214(g)(6). CSC has advised that they will start denying concurrent H-1B petitions filed by cap-subject petitioners notwithstanding the fact that the alien is already working for a cap-exempt institution.

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