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USCIS to Increase Filing Fees, Implement Revised Benefit Request Forms

Beginning October 2, 2020, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will be increasing its filing fees for many of the most commonly filed benefit requests. Applications or petitions postmarked on or after that date...more

Important Considerations for U.S. Companies Employing Workers Abroad

U.S. immigration law recently has resembled a minefield, with potential risks and obstacles popping up nearly every week. Both employers and employees have been struggling to navigate these new rules and find ways to obtain...more

Proposed Legislation Seeks to Reinforce Healthcare Workforce During COVID-19 Emergency

In an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and tap into available healthcare workers from around the world, on May 5, 2020 a group of six senators introduced bipartisan legislation which seeks to enhance the healthcare...more

U.S. Immigration Further Restricted Through End of 2020

On Monday, June 22, 2020, President Donald Trump signed a “Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak.” The Proclamation imposes significant...more

A Pragmatic View on 'Suspending Immigration into the United States'

Late Monday night, April 20, 2020, President Trump made another sweeping immigration announcement without much detail, creating widespread panic around the globe. He posted on Twitter: “In light of the attack from the...more

USCIS Takes Measures in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak

With many employees now working remotely or from home, and with businesses’ operations significantly impacted by government restrictions and social distancing efforts, the American Immigration Lawyers Association has engaged...more

Emergency Measures Proposed to Address Impacts of COVID-19 on Foreign Healthcare Workers, Critical Care Physicians

It’s strikingly apparent that the current global pandemic of COVID-19 is impacting travel and visa/immigration processes worldwide. As of right now, all USCIS processing centers for visa petitions remain open and...more

Exploring H-1B Dependency for Employers

With the increasing reliance of U.S. employers on high-skilled foreign workers, particularly those on H-1B visas, it is important that employers remain aware of the makeup of their workforce and the additional obligations...more

Pause Before Posting: Facebook, Social Media and Online Presence Now Further Impacts Immigration

New immigration policy requires all U.S. Consulates to review applicants’ public social media history, past e-mail addresses and recent phone numbers when adjudicating visa applications....more

Exemptions to H-1B Cap May Lead to Jackpot Without Winning Lottery

As another H-1B cap season comes and goes, tens of thousands of hopeful employers and employees will again be informed that their H-1B visa petitions were not among the 85,000 selected in USCIS’s random lottery for processing...more

H-1B Visa Denial Rates Skyrocket to 10-Year High

The denial rate for H-1B petitions spiked through the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 to over five times what the rate was just four years ago. That’s according to a report published by the National Foundation for American...more

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