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USCIS Again Extends Certain Employment Authorization Cards by up to 540 Days

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new temporary final rule, effective April 8, 2024, that extends certain employment authorization documents (EADs) by up to 540 days. Our Labor & Employment and...more

Everything You Need to Know About the H-1B Visa Stateside Renewal Pilot Program

Our Immigration Team breaks down the State Department’s pilot program to process domestic visa renewals. Allowing applicants to remain in the U.S. while renewing their visas will ease the burdens on both business and the...more

USCIS Takes Action to Reduce Excessive Backlogs in Immigration Case Processing

Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced three new efforts to increase efficiency and reduce excessive backlogs in processing immigration petitions. This is a much-welcomed reprieve to U.S....more

Partial End to COVID-19 I-9 Flexibility Provisions – Accepting Expired List B Documents

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security temporarily allowed employers to accept certain types of expired identification for Form I-9. Our Immigration Team discusses what the end of that policy...more

Employer Verification and H-1B Cap Lottery Season: 2022 New Year Action Items and Tools

A new year means all-new paperwork (and plenty of it) for employers using E-Verify and hiring H-1B foreign workers. ...more

Opportunity for Comment: H-2a Wage Methodology Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

What will the Department of Labor’s new proposal changing the methodology used to set the adverse effect wage rate in the H-2A visa program mean to agricultural employers? Members of our Agricultural Legislative & Public...more

Take Your Chance to Comment on the Benefits of Remote Document Examination: Form I-9 and E-Verify

Our Immigration Team examines the Department of Homeland Security’s many questions about potentially making permanent its COVID-19 policies on remotely examining employees’ Form I-9 and other required documentation....more

White House Lifts COVID-19 Travel Bans for Fully Vaccinated Travelers

Our Labor & Employment Group breaks down the exemptions from the updated restrictions for international travelers requiring full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test before entering the United States....more

U.S. to Lift COVID-19 Travel Ban to Allow Fully Vaccinated Travelers

After more than a year of various travel bans, the Biden Administration announced a uniform policy for air travel from certain countries and another for land crossings. Our Labor & Employment Group unpacks what those policies...more

DACA Reinstated – A Win for “Dreamers”

A federal court left the Trump Administration no room for finagling and ordered the government to reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Our Labor & Employment Group reviews the court’s decision and...more

12/9/2020  /  DACA , Minors , Trump Administration , USCIS

DHS Reverses Course – International Students Allowed to Continue Studies and Employment in the U.S.

In the wake of a court order, the Department of Homeland Security has rescinded its cobbled-together policy that threatened to keep foreign students out of U.S. schools that moved to online-only courses in the face of the...more

Online-Only Classes Make Staying in the U.S. Virtually Impossible for Foreign Students

Our Labor & Employment Group examines the Trump Administration’s new rule to keep foreign students out of colleges and universities that have resorted to online-only fall semesters because of the COVID-19 pandemic....more

The New Executive Order Suspends Entry of Immigrant Visa Applicants into the U.S. for 60 Days

Our Labor & Employment Group summarizes the President’s immigration proclamation and what it means for employment-based visas. Who does it apply to? Who is exempted? What employment-based visas are affected?...more

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