Although startups can offer unique opportunities for potential employees, emerging companies often face great competition in the hiring process.  Your company may be benefiting from the services of a talented foreign professional worker who requires H-1B sponsorship, or perhaps you've identified a foreign professional you'd like to hire.

Because cap-subject H-1B petitions are extremely time-sensitive, it's best to be prepared.  As a start, I invite you to read an excellent blog post by my colleague Catherine Wadhwani in Pittsburgh, writing for our Immigration View blog. In it, she discusses the upcoming "H-1B cap season."

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