On March 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the FY2024 H-1B cap lottery was complete. The results: a historically low selection rate—with many multinational companies reporting that...more
3/29/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Foreign Nationals ,
H-1B ,
H-1B1 ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Intracompany Transferees ,
OPT ,
PERM ,
STEM ,
Temporary Work Visas ,
USCIS
On January 4, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing significant filing fee increases for employment-based, family-based, and humanitarian...more
2022 is concluding with significant economic uncertainty, principally illustrated by a series of announcements by major employers of layoffs and other reductions in force. It remains to be seen whether these corporate events...more
On September 8, 2022, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a policy change beginning this holiday season: a final rule that will reimplement the public charge ground of inadmissibility (the New Rule). The New...more
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On June 12, 2022, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued amended guidance allowing air travelers departing from a foreign country to enter the United States without first presenting a negative COVID-19 test....more
7/13/2022
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Popular ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee ,
Vaccinations
Today, March 30, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule expanding premium processing for multinational managers, advanced degree holders seeking a national interest waiver, nonimmigrant...more
3/31/2022
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Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
National Interest Waiver ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
USCIS ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
On November 19, 2021, the Quarles & Brady team issued an alert detailing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (USCIS) policy changes regarding work authorization for L-2, H-4, and E dependent visa spouses....more
2/7/2022
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E-1 ,
E-2 ,
E-3 ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
H-4 Spouses ,
I-94 Cards ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-2 Visas ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On January 21, 2022, the White House released a fact sheet entitled “Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Attract STEM Talent and Strengthen our Economy and Competitiveness,” announcing several immigration-related policy...more
1/26/2022
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Entrepreneurs ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Students ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Reform ,
J-1 Visas ,
National Interest Waiver ,
OPT ,
STEM ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Please join us for a panel discussion with industry-leading immigration lawyers, in-house experts and former government officials on the top issues that employers should focus on to attract and retain international executives...more
10/1/2021
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Chief Compliance Officers ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Executives ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Transfers ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Government Investigations ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Travelers ,
Traveling Employee ,
US Department of State ,
USCIS ,
Vaccinations ,
Webinars
On Monday, September 20, 2021, the White House announced that beginning in early November the Administration will be putting strict protocols in place to require foreign nationals travelling to the United States by air to be...more
9/22/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
ESTA ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Travel Ban ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Vaccinations ,
Visa Waiver Program
According to the Department of State, demand for immigrant visas (green cards) remains high as COVID-19 continues to disrupt and delay appointments at U.S. consulates abroad. With an estimated 100,000 unused employment-based...more