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It’s Time to Plan for H-1B “Professional” Work Authorization Registrations!

The time is nearing when U.S. employers can once again register for an opportunity to get U.S. work authorization for foreign job candidates. The H-1B “professional” work authorization and related visa is much sought-after...more

[Event] 2022 Labor & Employment Seminar - October 7th, Denver, CO

Our Decades-Old Tradition Returns In Person! Join us to learn about the latest updates and best practices for employers, in-house counsel, and HR professionals. Among the topics during this year’s general session are a...more

Options for Ukrainian and Afghan Individuals Inside and Outside of the U.S.: Refugee Status, Humanitarian Parole, and Temporary...

With the recent humanitarian crises and armed conflicts in Ukraine and Afghanistan, refugee issues currently dominate the news cycles. Families and friends of those who have fled these conflicts are anxiously waiting to hear...more

Limited March 1-18, 2022 Dates for H-1B “Professional” Registration

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services has now set the precise March dates during which an employer can seek to be selected to file an H-1B “professional” petition in hope of employing a valued foreign recruit. ...more

New Guidance Issued on H-2B “Seasonal Worker” Overtime Advertising

The H-2B work authorization visa for certain foreign workers, usually seasonal, has some new guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. As before, U.S. employers must first have their intended...more

Crucial H-1B “Professional” Visa Registration Dates In March

Tuesday, March 9, through Thursday, March 25 (noon Eastern time), is the H-1B “professional” registration period for employers hoping to obtain work authorization of up to three years initially for a foreign recruit or...more

Time For Employers To Plan Efforts Toward H-1B “Professional” Work Authorization For Foreign Recruits

Employers with foreign recruits or existing staff from other countries should start now to consider and assess possible H-1B “professional” nonimmigrant petition eligibility. There are significant developments under...more

H-1B “Professional” Work Authorization For Foreign Recruits

It is time for employers to make their plans if they intend to seek “H-1B” U.S. work authorization for a foreign professional under U.S. immigration law. During January and February, 2020 employers should begin drafting...more

Time to Prepare H-1B Petitions

To seek H-1B “professional” work authorization for foreign recruits during 2018 employers should start now to get their preliminary Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Preparations must then...more

Employers Must Start Using New Form I-9 on September 18

Beginning September 18, 2017, every U.S. employer must begin using the new Form I-9, “Employment Eligibility Verification.” The new Form contains no significant changes and both employers and employees will find it quite...more

Time to Prepare H-1B Petitions

April 1, 2017 will be here before you know it. That’s the date when the annual H1-B quota becomes available and employers nationwide compete for the coveted 3-year work authorizations which will be effective October 1, 2017....more

New I-9 Mandatory On 1/22/2017

Use of the new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (dated 11/14/2016) becomes mandatory beginning Sunday, January 22, 2017. The 3-page Form is now separate from its 15-page instructions....more

One Less Mandatory Affirmation

Effective August 10, 2016, Colorado will no longer require employers to prepare an affirmation certifying the employer checked the identity and authorization to work of each new hire. Colorado House Bill 16-1114, a...more

Guidance on Internal I-9 Audits

Because a government inspection can occur with only three days written notice, some employers choose to initiate internal audits of their company’s Forms I-9, utilizing their own personnel or attorneys with immigration or...more

Sherman & Howard Construction Monitor Spring 2015

In this issue: - Senate Bills Tackle Construction Defect Litigation Reform - Potential Source of Lawful Labor Delayed or Halted - Excerpt from Senate Bills Tackle Construction Defect Litigation...more

Temporary Federal Immigration Relief May Help Address Construction Labor Shortages

U.S. Work Authorization to Be Available - A new recruitment source may soon be available to employers for additional workers to do construction or other work. Up to 4 or 5 million presently undocumented people from...more

Time to Begin Preparing H-1B Visa Petitions for Foreign Professionals

Employers recruiting foreign students from U.S. universities or professionals from elsewhere in the world should begin planning for March 31, 2014. ...more

1/14/2014  /  Foreign Workers , H-1B , Immigrants , USCIS , Visas

New Form I-9, Mandatory May 7, 2013 for All Employers

Beginning May 7, 2013 employers throughout the nation will be required to use a new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The new I-9 is available at www.uscis.gov under "Forms."...more

Time to Begin Preparing H-1B Visa Petitions for Foreign Professionals

Employers recruiting foreign students from U.S. universities or professionals from elsewhere in the world should begin planning for March 31, 2013....more

1/3/2013  /  H-1B , Students , Visas
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