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Wired For Success: How Recent Development in the Semiconductor Industry Can Shape Immigration Programs

America runs on semiconductors, also known informally as chips. Chips are integral to the cars we drive, the planes we fly, the systems that defend our country, and the computers that every single industry, from manufacturing...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Navigating Delays: The F-1 STEM EAD Waiting Game Considerations for Employees and Employers

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Recent processing time trends at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) are raising concerns for both Employers and F-1 visa holders relying on automatic extensions of work authorization while awaiting the...more

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Not Selected in H-1B Cap Registration? There Are Options!

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Foreign workers fill a critical need in the U.S. labor market, particularly in the professional and technological fields such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To fill this need, U.S. employers...more

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Immigration Options Remain for Employees Not Selected in the H-1B Cap Lottery

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed its annual H-1B cap lottery selection process for fiscal year 2025. Given the high number of lottery registrations and the fixed number of...more

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United States: Important Updates for Employers Regarding the H1-B Visa Lottery for Professional Employees (Open From March 6 - 22,...

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To retain the best global talent, many US employers leverage the annual H-1B visa lottery to secure work authorization for new employees. It allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require a...more

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[Webinar] Long-Term Strategies to Hire & Retain H-1B Employees - March 12th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST

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With the shortage of U.S. workers in many STEM fields, H-1B workers are an increasingly vital part of the U.S. workforce. This webinar will address the requirements, processing times and validity periods for H-1B status as...more

Adams and Reese LLP

Navigating the H-1B Visa Lottery Registration: Essential Guide for Employers

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As the H-1B visa lottery registration for the USCIS fiscal year 2025 approaches, it is crucial to understand the process and prepare accordingly. This annual event continues to attract significant attention from...more

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3 Tips for a Successful National Interest Waiver Petition for the STEM Worker

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The U.S. immigration system poses significant hurdles for foreign nationals seeking employment within the United States. With few exceptions, employer sponsorship is generally required. For many, the sole avenue to obtain...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Canada Immigration Updates: Canada Closes Its New H-1B Tech Work Permit Program in Less than 48 hours; Digital Nomad and Start-Up...

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At the end of June 2023, Canada released its first-ever comprehensive Tech Talent Strategy comprised primarily of four, new bold immigration programs and initiatives that are designed to attract and retain foreign STEM talent...more

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Eight Fields of Study Added Under STEM OPT Eligibility for Students

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As part of the Biden Administration’s initiative to retain high-skilled foreign nationals in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it is adding eight new fields as qualifying fields of study...more

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FY2024 H-1B Lottery Details Announced

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On January 27, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B lottery will open on March 1, 2023 at noon EST and close on March 17,...more

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Updated Guidance on O-1s Provides Helpful Reality Check

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Employers are experiencing incredible challenges recruiting for all types of jobs. Recruiting for that special “make or break” position – often for a C-suite, technology innovator, or creative – has always been tough. U.S....more

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So Your Employee Wasn’t Selected in the H-1B Lottery… Now What?

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On March 30, 2021, USCIS announced completion of the initial FY2022 H-1B Cap-Subject lottery selection process.  Beginning April 1st, those selected were eligible to start filing.  But what if your employee was not selected? ...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

What You Need To Know About This Year’s H-1B Cap Process

Last year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rolled out for the first time a new electronic registration tool for H-1B cap cases as part of its implementation of regulations issued in January 2019. The 2019...more

Epstein Becker & Green

June 2020 Immigration Alert

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing - USCIS has announced here that beginning the month of June 2020, it will again start accepting certain petitions for premium processing.  Premium processing was indefinitely suspended as...more

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UK Immigration: Government Publishes Details of New Points Based System

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The UK government has published a policy statement outlining the new Points Based System that will come into effect in January 2021 after the post-Brexit transition period ends. ...more

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Time To Start Planning For H-1B Cap Season

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It is time to start preparing for the upcoming H-1B visa lottery, which begins April 1, 2020, and will be the first one to require an electronic registration for each case. To be eligible to file a cap-subject H-1B...more

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There’s a New H-1B Lottery Program & Employers Must File Earlier This Year

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Employers will have to decide who they are sponsoring earlier this year. For a brief background, H-1B work visas are the most common work visas for foreign nationals in professional positions (which are jobs requiring at...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Compliance News Flash

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, which includes current news briefs relevant to background screening, immigration and data privacy, for the benefit and interest of our...more

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The Fairness For High-Skilled Workers Act May Endanger Economy

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The Fairness for High-Skilled Workers Act has passed the House of Representatives, and is pending before the Senate where it may pass by unanimous consent (i.e., with no actual vote or hearing). On its face, the Fairness...more

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It’s H-1B Cap Season and the Tech Corridor is Full of Anxious Skilled Workers

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It's March and here we are in the middle of another H-1B cap season. So I did what I do almost every day this time of year: I got up to head in to the office. But first I went for a run to clear my head. It is Saturday. It is...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Mark Your Calendars: H-1B Fiscal Year 2020 Season Is Right Around the Corner

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Want to hire a skilled foreign worker? Don't delay, act now! The H-1B visa allows companies in the United States to temporarily hire foreign workers in occupations requiring the theoretical and practical application of a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Visa Options and Immigration Strategies for IT Professionals and Companies

Technology companies, including IT consulting companies, IT service providers and software designers, seek to employ the best and the brightest IT professionals to keep IT systems secure and to deliver innovative solutions....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

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The Trump Administration's Efforts To Rein In H-1B Visas - What You Need To Know

The H-1B visa category has been modified many times over the past 65 years. H-1B visas facilitate the entry of foreign national professionals, while also providing safeguards that maintain the integrity of the U.S. labor...more

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