E-Verify is an internet-based system through which employers electronically confirm the employment eligibility of their employees. Designed to ensure that employers hire individuals authorized to work in the country, E-Verify...more
6/30/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
Government Agencies ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Notice Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
USCIS
USCIS has released an update to its Policy Manual, bringing significant changes to regulations on the TN nonimmigrant visa classification and perhaps some employers’ practices. For instance, because of changes to the...more
6/16/2025
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Engineering ,
Immigration Procedures ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Physicians ,
Policy Updates ,
Scientific Research ,
TN-Visas ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USCIS
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation suspending entry to the U.S. for nationals of 19 countries on June 4, 2025. The proclamation stated that the designated countries are so deficient in their information screening...more
6/10/2025
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Government Agencies ,
Immigration Procedures ,
National Security ,
NATO ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Customs ,
US State Departments ,
Visas
President-Elect Donald Trump is promising sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system, with a focus on ramping up enforcement and the removal of undocumented immigrants. We can look to his first term, along with his...more
12/13/2024
/ Audits ,
DACA ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Spouses ,
Tariffs ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
It is not unusual for employers to require foreign employees to sign repayment agreements that require the employee to repay some or all required immigration process costs if the employee terminates employment before the end...more
USCIS published its Improving the H-1B Registration Selection Process and Program Integrity final rule on Feb. 2, 2024. The new final rule has three basic categories: creating a beneficiary-centric selection process,...more
After the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) labor contracts with the “Detroit Three” automakers expired on September 14, 2023, and the parties were not able to agree on new contract terms, the UAW began striking at targeted plants...more
9/19/2023
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Furloughs ,
H-1B ,
Labor Certifications ,
Strike ,
UAW ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unions ,
USCIS ,
Work Visas
USCIS has expanded premium processing for F-1 students to pending Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) applications based on Optional Practice Training (OPT) and STEM OPT. On April 3, 2023, the same will be extended to...more
All visitors, except U.S. citizens, returning resident aliens, immigrant visa holders, and most Canadian citizens, must receive a Form I-94, Arrival/Departure record at the port of entry. Because travel is picking up, Customs...more
As of January 22, 2022, all non-U.S. individuals seeking entrance to the United States at land or sea ports of entry on the Mexican or Canadian borders must be “fully vaccinated” and provide proof of such. There is no longer...more
The United States is facing an unprecedented labor shortage. How can U.S. manufacturers’ labor shortage be solved with immigration?
In June 2021, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released the America Works Report, which is...more
9/14/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diversity ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Employee Training ,
H-1B ,
Immigrants ,
Internet of Things ,
L-1 Visas ,
Labor Shortage ,
Manufacturers ,
NAFTA ,
Popular ,
Robotics ,
Seasonal Workers ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
The hoped-for opening of the U.S.-Canadian border is set to begin in August.
Canada plans to open its land borders to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents for non-essential travel at 12:01 a.m. on...more
Essential travel restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, first instituted in March 2020, between the United States and Canada (and Mexico), will continue until July 21, 2021, or be lifted sooner for fully...more
When President Joe Biden revoked the immigrant visa ban, but not the nonimmigrant visa ban or 14-day travel restrictions, it seemed there might be problems ahead. New restrictions on National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) to the...more
3/4/2021
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Immigrants ,
Ireland ,
Joe Biden ,
LCA ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Temporary Work Visas ,
Travel Restrictions ,
UK ,
US Department of State ,
Visas
Flexibility in completing I-9 Employment Verification Forms has been continued until March 31, 2021, and it may be extended beyond that. Under that flexibility, employers have been allowed to inspect Section 2 Form I-9...more
3/3/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Required Forms ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
USCIS
The current administration’s course on immigration ushered in heightened standards for obtaining immigration benefits, restructuring visa allocations through executive orders and renewed and continues to emphasize immigration...more
10/22/2020
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Employee Benefits ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
New Rules ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Specialty Occupations ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas ,
Wage and Hour
Advocacy groups have filed suits challenging the USCIS fee increases scheduled to take effect on October 2, 2020.
The fee increases are not equal across the board. Certain types of business immigration petitions have been...more
DHS and CDC have announced a new travel restriction at the Southern and Northern borders due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. According to the announcement, DHS will do what it can (including repatriation flights) to...more