James A. Bach is an immigration attorney in San Francisco. He has been working exclusively with immigration cases for several decades, and has lectured and written extensively on immigration law subjects. He serves as Chair of the California State Bar's Immigration and Nationality Advisory Commission, which writes and grades the California Immigration and Nationality Specialty Examination. He is a member of the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California and an Arbitrator for the San Francisco Bar Association. He received a JD from the Hastings College of the Law, University of California, and a BA from Dartmouth College.

• * Introduction * Overview of the H-1B Petition Procedure * The H-1B Annual Quota * Eligibility for H-1B Status * Complementary Roles of the H-1B Employee, Sponsor, and Attorney * Employer Inputs to the H-1B Process * Employee Inputs to the H-1B Process * Labor Condition Application Compliance * H-1B Investigations and Penalties * Maintaining H-1B Status * Termination of H-1B Employment * H-1B Alternative Visas * Summary * Appendix 4 * Appendix 5 * Appendix 6 * Appendix 8 * Appendix 9 * Appendix 10

James A. Bach is an immigration attorney in San Francisco. He has been working exclusively with immigration cases for several decades, and has lectured and written extensively on immigration law subjects. He serves as Chair of the California State Bar's Immigration and Nationality Advisory Commission, which writes and grades the California Immigration and Nationality Specialty Examination. He is a member of the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California and an Arbitrator for the San Francisco Bar Association. He received a JD from the Hastings College of the Law, University of California, and a BA from Dartmouth College.

• * Introduction * Overview of the H-1B Petition Procedure * The H-1B Annual Quota * Eligibility for H-1B Status * Complementary Roles of the H-1B Employee, Sponsor, and Attorney * Employer Inputs to the H-1B Process * Employee Inputs to the H-1B Process * Labor Condition Application Compliance * H-1B Investigations and Penalties * Maintaining H-1B Status * Termination of H-1B Employment * H-1B Alternative Visas * Summary * Appendix 4 * Appendix 5 * Appendix 6 * Appendix 8 * Appendix 9 * Appendix 10

James A. Bach is an immigration attorney in San Francisco. He has been working exclusively with immigration cases for several decades, and has lectured and written extensively on immigration law subjects. He serves as Chair of the California State Bar's Immigration and Nationality Advisory Commission, which writes and grades the California Immigration and Nationality Specialty Examination. He is a member of the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California and an Arbitrator for the San Francisco Bar Association. He received a JD from the Hastings College of the Law, University of California, and a BA from Dartmouth College.

• * Introduction * Overview of the H-1B Petition Procedure * The H-1B Annual Quota * Eligibility for H-1B Status * Complementary Roles of the H-1B Employee, Sponsor, and Attorney * Employer Inputs to the H-1B Process * Employee Inputs to the H-1B Process * Labor Condition Application Compliance * H-1B Investigations and Penalties * Maintaining H-1B Status * Termination of H-1B Employment * H-1B Alternative Visas * Summary * Appendix 4 * Appendix 5 * Appendix 6 * Appendix 8 * Appendix 9 * Appendix 10