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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Provides Opportunities for President, Republicans, High-Tech Companies, Labor Unions

by Stephen Roberts, Steven Valentine | K&L Gates LLP on 4/3/2013

With the current Congressional focus on discretionary spending and revenue issues surrounding Sequestration, it may seem like little attention can be paid to other policy reforms. In comprehensive immigration reform,...more

Proposed Reform to Fuel Entrepreneurship

by Jennifer Roeper | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 2/18/2013

In a bid to reduce the loss of talent and jobs to countries like Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Mark Warner, D-Va., Chris Coons, D-Del. and Roy Blunt,...more

Pieces of Immigration Reform Relevant to Employers, H-1B visa Holders & Seekers, Entrepreneurs, and Students

by Lynn O'Brien on 2/15/2013

Overview of the recent pieces of legislation related to immigration reform including the Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013, and the Startup Act 3.0. A MUST read...more

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Applies to IT Workers Too?

by Lynn O'Brien on 2/14/2013

Overview of the VERY big changes proposed in the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 and how these changes could affect H-1B visa seekers, those in H-1B visa status & their spouses and employers, & employment based green card...more

U.S. Needs More College-Educated Foreign Nationals

by Ronald Shapiro on 2/12/2013

According to a recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) roughly 25 percent of the 255 million people in the world with a bachelor’s degree currently reside in the U.S., a proportion...more

USCIS Issues RFE Templates for Certain Non-Immigrant Extraordinary Ability Categories

by William Flynn | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/28/2013

United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Requests for Evidence (RFE) can be a source of significant frustration for immigration practitioners and their clients. They sometimes reflect that a) the officer did...more

Employment Litigation in Review #6 (The Summer 2012 Edition)

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 8/31/2012

In This Issue: - U.S. Supreme Court Holds Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives are Exempt from Overtime Pay - USCIS Announces Employers Must Continue to Use the Current Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility...more

Fenwick Employment Brief - July 2012

by Fenwick & West LLP on 7/12/2012

In This Issue: - U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Qualify For Outside Sales Exemption - Possible Implications For California Employers NEWS BITES: - Taking Time Off Work To...more

H-1B Foreign Worker Slots Filled for FY 2013

by Ronald Shapiro on 6/22/2012

As of June 11, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has no more slots left for foreign workers in specialty occupations under the H-1B visa program, as the statutory cap has been reached already for...more

Show Us The Workers - U.S. Employers Struggle to Fill Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (“STEM”) Positions

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 10/14/2011

Despite the recession, the lack of jobs and the training fees charged to U.S. employers hiring foreign workers on temporary H-1B work visas, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“USDOL”) recently released Foreign Labor...more

Export Controls Impacting Employers of Foreign Workers

by Ronald Shapiro on 9/12/2011

President Obama’s export control reforms were launched in 2009 to tighten controls on the exporting of technology and weapons, but the implications are just now being grasped by many employers who depend upon foreign workers...more

The Worldwide Talent Pool Creates Opportunities Plus National Security Challenges for U.S. Firms.

by NPZ Law Group, P.C. (f/k/a Nachman &... on 7/20/2011

As the global transfer of people, products and technology increases, organizations of all sizes are likely to see an increase in concerns about import and export control regulations. Concerns about "deemed exports" rear their...more

Technology Exports: Uncertainty Around Form I-129 Persists

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/23/2011

Beginning on February 20, 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) assumed a role in the U.S. Government's increasing regulation of technology exports. The new role for CIS relates to the transfer...more

Immigration Up Updates at the AILA National Conference in San Diego - VISASERVE

by NPZ Law Group, P.C. (f/k/a Nachman &... on 6/19/2011

The American Immigration Lawyer's Association recently held its National Convention/Meeting in San Diego, California. Government officials from the USCIS, CBP and ICE spoke about new updates and developments in their...more

FY 2012 H-1B Quota Opens on April 1, 2011: New H-1B Petitions and Alternatives When H-1Bs Are Unavailable

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 4/6/2011

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin to accept fiscal year (FY) 2012 H-1B petitions on April 1, 2011, for H-1B positions with start dates of October 1, 2011, which is when the next U.S. government...more

Technology Export Certifications by Employers of Foreign Workers

by Ronald Shapiro on 1/21/2011

As part of an effort to crack down on technology and technical data leaks to foreign countries, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) mandated in late November the filing of a new Form I-129 to be completed...more

Immigration Alert: Reprieve Granted Until February 20, 2011 to Answer Export Control Questions on Form I-129

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 1/4/2011

On December 1, 2010 we alerted you that the new Form I-129 (the nonimmigrant visa petition form), which went into effect on December 23, 2010, requires Petitioners to answer questions regarding the “deemed export” of...more

Technology Export Issues Impact Employers of Foreign Workers

by Ronald Shapiro on 12/28/2010

As part of an effort to crack down on technology and technical data leaks to foreign countries, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently mandated the filing of a new Form I-129 to be completed by...more

Suspension of Implementation of Part 6 of the Updated Form I-129 Regarding Export Control Questions

by Duane Morris LLP on 12/24/2010

On December 22, 2010, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on its website that employers will not be required to complete Part 6 of Form I-129 containing the new export control / ITAR questions until...more

Export Control Certification Required For Companies That Hire And Seek Visas For Certain Foreign National Employees

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 12/9/2010

Beginning on December 23, 2010, companies petitioning for certain non-immigrant visas to employ foreign persons in the United States will, when completing a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker – Form I-129, be required to...more

New Form I-129 Requires Immediate Employer Attention to “Deemed Export” Issues

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 12/2/2010

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) released a revised version of Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. This new version of the form — used for H-1B, L-1, and O-1A workers — has many changes,...more

Immigration and Technology

by Ronald Shapiro on 7/21/2010

As technology becomes an increasingly important part of a mature U.S. economy with a diminishing manufacturing base, the need for intellectual capital to fuel technology innovation is greater than ever. In fact, according to...more

CORRIDORS: News for North Carolina Hospitals - Spring 2010

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 4/26/2010

In This Issue: Here Comes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: What Does It Mean for Hospitals? by Kim Licata President Obama’s signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the Act) into...more

Considerations Relating to Using an Electronic I-9 Provider

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 4/10/2010

The Department of Homeland Security has never published guidance on electronic storage of the Form I-9, but has indicated that IRS standards for electronic storage would be considered adequate. In fact, the Immigration and...more

The Right Way to Mend the U.S. Immigration Law System

by NPZ Law Group, P.C. (f/k/a Nachman &... on 3/18/2010

Our immigration system is badly broken. Although our borders have become far more secure in recent years, too many people seeking illegal entry get through. We have no way to track whether the millions who enter the United...more

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