Amidst the fast changing pace of employer benefits and obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented changes to ensure that immigration worksite compliance continues....more
Healthcare workers – critical to the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic – are needed more now than ever, yet the bureaucracy surrounding employment of foreign national healthcare workers creates roadblocks....more
4/21/2020
/ Conrad 30 Waiver ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Furloughs ,
H-1B ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
O Visa Petitions ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
USCIS
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put a hold on immigration enforcement operations in areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Routine non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will not be conducted at...more
9/19/2017
/ Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Fee Waivers ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
Green Cards ,
Hurricane Harvey ,
Hurricane Irma ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Natural Disasters ,
Parole Employment Authorization ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Employers are advised to restrict international travel for employees who are not U.S. citizens. This is particularly so for employees from the seven countries targeted by President Trump’s January 27 Executive Order...more
2/7/2017
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Dual Citizenship ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Iran ,
Iraq ,
Libya ,
Refugees ,
Somalia ,
Sudan ,
Syria ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas ,
Yemen