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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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Alternative Options for Foreign National Employees Not Selected in USCIS’ FY 2025 H-1B Registration Lottery

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The H-1B Electronic Registration Selection Process debuted in March 2020 for fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions. The barrier to entry dropped significantly with the introduction of the electronic registration...more

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Help! I have foreign national employees who were not selected in the H-1B registration lottery, what are their options?

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The H-1B Electronic Registration Selection Process debuted in March 2020 for fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions. The barrier to entry dropped significantly with the introduction of the electronic registration...more

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March 2024 UK Immigration Statement of Changes: What Employers Need to Know

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Introducing the latest UK Immigration Rules Statement of Changes, Legal Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove announced that they will “deliver the biggest ever cut to migration over the course of this year.”...more

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Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: February 2020

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China - Expedited Permit Processing for Highly-Skilled Foreign Nationals in Shanghai and Coronavirus Related Travel Restrictions - Effective immediately, certain Category A (highly-skilled) applicants seeking permission to...more

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Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: January 2020

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Seyfarth maintains 11 offices across the United States, as well as international offices in London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Hong Kong. Our Global Mobility Team is staffed with a group of professionals that includes...more

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Representatives Raise Concerns About Low Staffing at Canadian Border

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced a plan to temporarily transfer approximately 750 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from the Canadian border to the Mexican border to help address the...more

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Potential Changes to U.S.-Canadian Border Policy

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On April 25, 2019, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued a practice alert announcing that the nationwide immigration association had “been in discussions with CBP [Customs and Border Protection] related...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What Businesses Need to Know Before Transferring Employees to the U.S.

Over the course of the past year, it has become harder for companies to bring foreign employees to the U.S. Although for the most part current laws governing visas, business meetings, and tourism have not changed, the...more

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USCIS Establishes New Five-Prong Test for “Function Managers”

Multinational companies that wish to transfer managerial employees to the United States now have clarification on the criteria required to do so. A new five-prong test adopted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

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Immigration Law for Startups: Prime Visa Options

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This is the second in a three-part series that provides guidance to new or foreign companies that are entering the U.S. market and seeking to employ either foreign nationals already in the United States on non-working visas,...more

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The New L-1B Adjudications Policy, Effective August 31

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The recently issued U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) final policy memorandum on L-1B visas clarifies the requirements for a sponsoring multinational organization transferring international personnel to the...more

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USCIS Final Guidance on L-1B Adjudications Offers Some Comfort—But No Cure—for Employer Concerns

On August 17, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy memorandum aiming to clarify the standard required for L-1B specialized knowledge visas. The memorandum notably begins by reminding...more

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