Request for Speakers: 

Do you wish to highlight your expertise and experience at the conference? Here is your chance. We are looking for educational topics that relate to international trade for the breakout sessions and unique and successful export stories for the luncheon program. Submit your proposals by Feb. 29 for consideration. Click here for details.

Each year, U.S. businesses seeking to hire foreign national employees to meet their employment needs are able to do so through the use of the H-1B visa program. The program is particularly useful for employers wishing to hire scientists, engineers, doctors, computer programmers, accountants, architects, and other "specialty occupations". The H-1B program is capped at a total of 65,000 visas per year (6,800 H-1B's specifically allotted to foreign nationals of Chile and Singapore). Of the remaining 58,200 visas, 20,000 are set aside for professionals with a U.S. master's degree or higher and the remainder are designated for professionals who have a minimum of a four-year university degree or equivalent. Also included in the group of professionals eligible for the H-1B category are fashion models or persons providing services related to Department of Defense corporative research and development projects. Click here to continue