News & Analysis as of

Immigration Reform Highly-Skilled Workers Visa Trump Administration

Immigration Reform is a term commonly used to refer to comprehensive efforts to address limitations, deficiencies and inequalities within a country's immigration policies and systems. In the United States,... more +
Immigration Reform is a term commonly used to refer to comprehensive efforts to address limitations, deficiencies and inequalities within a country's immigration policies and systems. In the United States, the term is often used to describe legislative efforts to remedy problems associated with illegal immigration, including protecting undocumented workers, expanding citizenship eligibility, and strengthening border security.   less -
Morgan Lewis

Proclamation Suspending US Admission of Various Nonimmigrants, Immigrants Extended to March 31, 2021

Morgan Lewis on

US President Donald Trump has extended the entry ban on H-1B, H-2B, L-1, and specific J-1 statuses as well as certain immigrant entries through March 31, 2021. The original proclamations were set to expire on December 31,...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Businesses & Foreign Nationals Eagerly Await Return to Immigration-Friendly Policies Under Biden Administration: What to Expect

Fifth in a Series of Blogs Regarding the Presidential Transition - From the beginning of the Trump presidency, the administration made clear that it would seek to enact major reforms of the U.S. immigration system,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

US District Court Sets Aside Interim Final Rules Affecting H-1Bs Previously Issued by the US Department of Labor and Department of...

On Dec. 1, the United States District Court in the Northern District of California set aside two Interim Final Rules affecting the H-1B program, holding that the Rules were promulgated in violation of the Administrative...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Order Halts DOL and DHS Interim Final Rules

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

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

Littler

U.S. District Court Sets Aside New Immigration Rules on Specialty Occupation and Wage Levels

Littler on

In a much-anticipated decision, on December 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of business and university plaintiffs (led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce), setting aside...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

District Court Strikes Trump Administration H-1B Wage Regulations

CDF Labor Law LLP on

On October 8, 2020, the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security issued interim final rules changing the regulations governing the H-1B visa program.  These rules sought to restrict access to H-1B visas by redefining the...more

Littler

Breaking Down the New DOL and DHS H-1B Rules

Littler on

While the U.S. presidential election has come to an end, we continue to monitor changes in the Trump administration’s handling of ongoing agency immigration reforms through the end of 2020 and into early 2021 that may impact...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Manufacturers Fighting Disruptive Immigration Reform

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), along with several prominent business organizations, filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) regulations governing the H-1B...more

Cozen O'Connor

Sweeping Changes to the H-1B Program To Go into Effect

Cozen O'Connor on

Two Interim Final Rules (IFRs) are to be published on Thursday, October 8, 2020 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The DHS “Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa...more

Littler

USCIS Announces Fee Increases

Littler on

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new fee structure that will take effect on October 2, 2020. The final rule, published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2020, announced that...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Another Day, Another Immigration Executive Order: Now Federal Contractors are Targeted

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

The trend of recent months to curtail employment-based immigration, purportedly prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, continues unabated. On August 3, 2020 President Trump issued yet another executive order, this one...more

Polsinelli

New Executive Order Lays the Groundwork for Restrictions on the Use of Foreign Labor in Performing Federal Contracts

Polsinelli on

On August 3, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices with the Interests of American Workers,” signaling that the administration may seek to limit the ability...more

Morgan Lewis

Global Immigration Updates: Asia, the Americas, Europe, and More

Morgan Lewis on

Recent developments regarding immigration across the globe include changes to temporary and permanent resident application procedures in Canada, an increase in the minimum salary for S Pass applicants in Singapore, and the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

H-1B Work Permit Filings: Will You Beat the Cap? (Updated)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should identify as soon as possible any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021, given that it is anticipated USCIS will...more

Stinson LLP

Significant Changes to H-1B Lottery Process in 2020

Stinson LLP on

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 6, 2019 that employers seeking to file H-1B petitions for the 2021 fiscal year cap will be required to first electronically register and pay a $10 fee....more

Polsinelli

The H-1B Lottery Line Starts Here

Polsinelli on

The New Year will bring significant changes to the H-1B lottery selection process and  employers can look forward to a more efficient H-1B cap selection process. USCIS has announced the “Registration Requirement for...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Increased Challenges for the H-1B

Anyone who works in legal or HR and handles work authorizations for their employees will agree that hiring foreign nationals or international transfers has become much more difficult under the current administration and its...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - November 2019

Congress returns to Washington this week after the Thanksgiving recess to find a feast of leftover legislative items still on the table. Congress has a limited number of days remaining on the 2019 legislative calendar to...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

President Proposes New Merit-Based Green Card System

On May 16, 2019, President Donald Trump outlined, in broad strokes, his new immigration plan. The proposal delineates two primary goals: securing the U.S. border and protecting American workers....more

Harris Beach PLLC

The Doctor is Out. Are Immigration Laws to Blame?

Harris Beach PLLC on

The United States health care system is struggling with an acute shortage of doctors. What does that have to do with immigration? The short answer is: Quite a lot. The longer answer leads us to an inescapable conclusion that...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Waitlisted: U.S. Employers Face Longer Delays for Hiring H-1B Workers

For employers, the extended suspension of Premium Processing will mean postponed start-dates for H-1B workers well beyond the expected October 1 annual start date. ...more

Stinson LLP

USCIS Announces Changes to Premium Processing of Certain H-1B Petitions

Stinson LLP on

On August 28, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they will extend and expand the suspension of premium processing for certain types of H-1B petitions in order to prioritize time sensitive and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

USCIS Extends And Expands H-1B Premium Processing Suspension

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective September 11, 2018, USCIS will suspend Premium Processing for all H-1B petitions filed at the Vermont and California Service Centers until February 19, 2019 (excluding filings by cap-exempt...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Recent USCIS Developments

USCIS Extends and Expands Suspension of H-1B Premium Processing - Earlier this week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend the suspension of Premium Processing for all pending FY...more

62 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide