As we previously reported, this summer, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced significant updates to enhance the employment verification process. In...more
When the pandemic abruptly shifted many employment relationships from offices and other physical workplaces to remote environments, many governmental and regulatory authorities responded by modifying existing protocols to...more
8/10/2023
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E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Required Forms ,
USCIS
USCIS’s FY 2022 H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Completed -
On March 30, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) completed the initial selection of H-1B cap-subject registrations for fiscal year (“FY”)...more
USCIS’s FY 2022 H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Begins Beginning 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) on March 9, 2021, until 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) on March 25, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will...more
3/12/2021
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E-3 ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela ,
Visas
Lawsuits Filed in California and DC Federal Courts Challenge New DOL and USCIS H-1B Regulations -
In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) each published...more
USCIS and DOL Will Implement Changes to H-1B Regulations
That Will Likely Be Subject to Legal Challenge -
On September 3, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) submitted an interim final rule (“IFR”)...more
10/9/2020
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Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
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
6/3/2020
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Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
I-129 ,
I-140 ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
OPT ,
STEM ,
USCIS ,
Visas
President Trump Signs Executive Order to “Temporarily Suspend Immigration into the United States” -
On April 20, 2020, President Trump tweeted, “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to...more
USCIS Officially Releases Regulations Regarding
Its H-1B Electronic Registration Tool for the FY 2021 H-1B Cap -
On January 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) officially released regulations to...more
On March 11, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will open premium processing for all H-1B petitions beginning March 12, 2019. As a result of this announcement, even H-1B petitions...more
Partial Federal Government Shutdown and How It Applies to an Immigration Workforce -
On December 22, 2018, the United States government began its shutdown based on the inability of the Executive Office and Congress to...more
1/25/2019
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Federal Budget ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Government Shutdown ,
H-1B ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Condition Applications ,
PERM ,
US Department of State ,
USCIS ,
Visas