Determine Whether a B-1 Visa Is Appropriate: New Checklist Added

Author: Melissa A. Silver, XpertHR Legal Editor

An H-1B visa is a commonly used visa that allows an employer to temporarily employ a foreign worker in a specialty occupation such as engineering or computer programming. However, there is a cap on the number of H-1B visas that are permitted each fiscal year; and in the past two years, the cap on H-1B visas has been reached in less than a week of the government accepting visa applications. As a result, an employer may seek an alternative, such as the B-1 visa, to sponsor a worker for employment.

XpertHR has therefore added a new checklist to help an employer assess whether a B-1 visa is appropriate. This checklist has been added to the following Tools:

• Form I-9 and Immigration Issues Resource Center;
• Comply With Immigration-Related Paperwork Requirements Task; and
• Obtain Visas When Employing Foreign Citizens Task.