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U.S. Embassy in Moscow Announces Significant Reduction of Consular Services

U.S. Embassy Moscow recently announced plans to reduce its consular workforce by 75 percent and significantly reduce its consular services. The announcement comes in response to the Russian government’s move to ban the U.S....more

USCIS Announces Deadline to Download E-Verify Data

Pursuant to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) records retention and disposal schedule (N 1-55-08-7), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) annually purges E-Verify data that is more than 10...more

2/22/2021  /  Data Retention , E-Verify , USCIS

USCIS Temporarily Relaxes I-9 Requirements for State Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards

As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies and employees to adjust to new work arrangements, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has also reacted by temporarily relaxing a few of the I-9...more

New California Form Helps Employers Comply With Immigrant Worker Protection Act

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has released a template notice form to help employers comply with the posting requirements under California Labor Code section 90.2(a)(1), also known as the Immigrant Worker...more

Reregistration Period Now Open for Haitian and Salvadoran TPS

On January 18, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had opened the reregistration period for temporary protected status (TPS) holders from El Salvador and Haiti. As previously announced,...more

New “Smart” I-9 Form Becomes Mandatory on January 22, 2017

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that starting January 22, 2017, all employers in the United States will be required to use the new version of the Form I-9 exclusively to conduct...more

10/25/2016  /  Electronic Filing , Form I-9 , USCIS

New Electronic Registration Requirements to Apply to Chinese Nationals Entering the United States With B-1/B-2 Visas

New requirements will soon apply to Chinese nationals holding B-1 temporary business visitor visas, B-2 tourist visas, or 10-year B-1/B-2 visas before traveling to the United States. Beginning in November of 2016,...more

10/3/2016  /  B-1 , B-2 , China , EVUS , Visas

How to Respond When ACA Electronic Reporting Triggers Notification of an Incorrect TIN

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) electronic reporting requirements for larger companies may inadvertently notify employers of employees using incorrect Social Security numbers. The ACA requires certain large employers with 50...more

Update on STEM OPT Work Permit Extension: Administrative Process for Regulation Is Underway

In response to Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle’s ruling in Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al., No. 14-529 (August 12, 2015) that vacated the previous regulations on STEM...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Aggressive Immigration Initiative—Employers Now Face Extraordinary Penalties

On February 27, 2015, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. injected the NLRB into the national debate regarding border security, the rights of undocumented workers and their families,...more

New Requirements for Companies Hiring Foreign Workers Under Canada’s International Mobility Program

On February 11, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) issued amended regulations meant to enhance accountability for employers that hire foreign workers under the International Mobility Program (IMP), that is, those...more

2/23/2015  /  Canada , Foreign Nationals , NAFTA , Popular

Revised Form I-9 Effective March 8, 2013

A revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, the form that must be completed by all employers to verify the employment eligibility of every new hire, will be introduced on March 8, 2013, according to an advance...more

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