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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

USCIS Gears up for the H-1B FY22 Cap Cycle

FordHarrison on 2/12/2021

Executive Summary: USCIS has announced the timeline for the H-1B FY22 Cap Petition Cycle. Similar to last year, USCIS will require H-1B sponsor employers to register H-1B candidates online starting March 9, 2021. USCIS will...more

New Registration Process for FY 2021 H-1B Filing Season

FordHarrison on 1/22/2020

A new federal rule has created a new electronic registration process for the annual H-1B lottery. The new electronic registration system will significantly change the sequence of the H-1B lottery. There will no longer be a...more

USCIS to Implement H-1B Registration Process for Upcoming Cap Season

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 12/16/2019

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that an H-1B cap registration system (from which the annual H-1B lottery will be run) will be implemented for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap...more

The Race to File H-1B Work Visas on April 1, 2017

FordHarrison on 1/23/2017

We are releasing this Alert to remind employers of the fast-approaching April 1, 2017, opening date for filing H-1B work visa petitions on behalf of foreign employees who need sponsorship for work authorization in the U.S....more

Reports of Scam Letters Being Sent to L-1A Executives

Cozen O'Connor on 5/10/2016

Members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) have reported that suspicious letters are being sent to L-1A executives. The scam letters claim to be from USCIS and signed by Lori Scialabba, Deputy Director of...more

H-1B Cap FY2017 and Aftermath

Baker Donelson on 5/3/2016

The USCIS received over 236,000 H-1B petitions during this year’s FY2017 filing period for the annual supply of 85,000 new H-1B visas (65,000 for regular cap plus an additional 20,000 for workers with a U.S. Master’s degree)....more

DHS Tests Known Employer Program for Certain Immigration Petitions

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/8/2016

On March 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a pilot program intended to streamline the employment-based immigration process in certain visa categories. The program will modify the process U.S....more

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