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Dickinson Wright

Healthcare in Crisis: Exploring Immigration as a Vital Solution for the United States

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Previously published in Healthcare News and Healthcare Michigan. A recent commentary offers a stark glimpse into future healthcare demands (Harris & Marshall, 2024). During the first two years of the pandemic, the U.S....more

Fisher Phillips

Looking for an Alternative to the H-1B Visa Lottery? Consider These 8 Options for Employing Foreign Nationals

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Missing out on the H-1B visa lottery can be disheartening, but it’s not necessarily the end of the road. If you employ foreign nationals, the good news is that you can explore certain short-term, long-term, and even some...more

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USCIS Announces Receipt Notice Delays From Lockbox Locations

On April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began requiring certain I-129 petitions, historically filed at service centers, to instead be filed at its various lockbox facilities. USCIS confirmed on...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employers’ Notification Requirements When Employing Foreign Nationals in H-1B, H-1B1, E-3

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Employers that employ foreign nationals have various notification requirements. Immigration cases that require LCA (Labor Condition Application) filings with the Department of Labor (DOL) before submitting petitions to USCIS...more

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Business Immigration Could Be Impacted if Congress Fails to Fund Government Through FY 2024

On September 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law stopgap funding legislation that temporarily averted a government shutdown. The legislation, which passed the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support and extended...more

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Government Shutdowns and Immigration Processes: What to Expect

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If Congress does not pass appropriations legislation or a stopgap spending bill by September 30, 2023, the federal government will experience a shutdown on October 1, 2023. A federal government shutdown will disrupt certain...more

Dickinson Wright

Unintended New Job Locations: 3 Key Considerations from Round 4 of the U.S. Department of Labor’s FAQs for Labor Condition...

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Unintended new job locations have always presented issues for employers with H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 workers. However, the issues are even more common today, given employers’ remote work policies and continued changes thereto. ...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Taking Luck Out of the Equation: Alternative Immigration Pathways for Foreign Nationals Not Selected in the H-1B Cap Lottery

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On March 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the FY2024 H-1B cap lottery was complete. The results: a historically low selection rate—with many multinational companies reporting that...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

H-1B Cap Season for USCIS Fiscal Year 2024 Registration Opens on March 1, 2023

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As many Employers and Foreign Nationals are likely aware, the H-1B CAP Season for USCIS 2024 Fiscal Year rapidly approaches. On Friday USICS announced it will open H-1B CAP registration at noon (12PM ET) on March 1, 2023, and...more

Fisher Phillips

Immigration Update: Processing Delays and Tech Layoffs Add Complications for Employers

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Employers know that U.S. immigration laws are complex, and the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) long processing delays – coupled with recent layoffs in the tech industry – have further complicated matters by adding new fact...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

New Life for H1-B Petitions: Market Research Analyst Ruling a Good Sign for H-1B Petitioners

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In December 2018, I got an unpleasant surprise: My first – and only – H-1B petition denial in my over 20+ years of practicing immigration law. The petition was on behalf of an operations research analyst. I had done the...more

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H-1B Registration Not Selected? Here are Other Options for Seeking Temporary Employment Authorization

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has just closed its annual H-1B registration, and employers are anxiously awaiting news on whether USCIS has selected...more

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Court Order Halts DOL and DHS Interim Final Rules

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On December 1, 2020, a U.S. Federal District Court in California set aside the two Interim Final Rules announced in October by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). ...more

Morgan Lewis

Federal Court Sets Aside DOL and DHS Rules Restricting H-1B Category; Appeal Likely

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The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday set aside two Interim Final Rules (IFRs) that sought to restrict severely eligibility for the H-1B Specialty Occupation nonimmigrant category....more

Baker Donelson

New Regulations to Explode Required Wages and Choke H-1B Visas

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New rules published by the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (specifically, USCIS) are intended to severely restrict the use of the H-1B and related H-1B1 and E-3 visa classifications for...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

New Regulations Narrow Eligible H-1B Occupations and Increase Required Wages for H-1B Workers

In the last few months, it has been difficult for employers and immigration attorneys to keep up with the flurry of changes released by the Trump Administration, including the suspension on the issuance of H-1B visas at U.S....more

Morgan Lewis

US DOL Rule Changes How Prevailing Wages Are Determined for Immigration Purposes

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Effective October 8, 2020, the US Department of Labor will determine the prevailing wage for permanent labor certifications and labor condition applications based on a new formula for computing prevailing wage levels,...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Trump Administration Advances Rules Restricting Visas for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

The Trump Administration has announced that it will publish two Interim Final Rules on Thursday, October 8, 2020 that will substantially alter the H-1B visa program for temporary professionals working in a specialty...more

Epstein Becker & Green

August 2020 Immigration Alert

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USCIS Will Increase Filing Fees as of October 2, 2020 - On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) announced it will increase filing fees effective October 2, 2020. The fee increases will...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

U.S. Visas – A Pocket Guide for Employers and Entrepreneurs

Hiring the best talent can maximize the success of your company. Sometimes that means hiring a foreign national on a work visa. We prepared this booklet to help you navigate the complex U.S. employment-based visa options....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Visa Options and Immigration Strategies for Manufacturers

Many visa options exist to enable U.S. manufacturing companies to employ talented professionals, researchers and managers who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This article will introduce the primary nonimmigrant...more

Foster Garvey PC

Alternative Strategies for Rejected FY19 H-1B’s

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has started returning H-1B petitions to employers whose cases were not selected in the recent H-1B lottery selection process. The USCIS reported that a total of 195,000 H-1B...more

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Expansive New Rule for Certain Employment-Based Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa Programs

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Effective yesterday, January 17, 2017, a new USCIS rule seeks to improve multiple employment-based temporary nonimmigrant and immigrant visa (“green card”) programs. The new regulations are designed to help U.S. employers...more

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When Rolling the Dice Didn’t Lead to Success: Visa Options After the H-1B Cap Lottery

Employers seek predictability when hiring employees. You don’t need to be a mathematician (although that might help qualify you as an outstanding researcher) to know that the odds of being selected in U.S. Citizenship and...more

Baker Donelson

Revised Rules for H-1B1, E-3 and CW-1 Workers and EB-1 Petitioners

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DHS recently published amended regulations affecting certain highly skilled workers in specialty occupations from Chile, Singapore (H-1B1) and Australia (E-3), nonimmigrant workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...more

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