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FY 2025 H-1B cap season has begun: What you need to know

The annual H-1B cap season has begun for Fiscal Year 2025. Once again, there will be a two-step process – the registration step and then, if the registration is selected in the H-1B cap lottery, the petition step. Now is the...more

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Trade Nafta (TN) Visa Holders Are NOT Free Agents – Spotting the Unauthorized Nonimmigrant for Form I-9 Compliance

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Employers continue to face compliance challenges in determining whether a new hire is work authorized for Form I-9 purposes, given the dynamic changes in immigration policy and regulation. For instance, this year alone, U.S....more

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Plugged In: An EV Newsletter Vol 1 No 6

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This is the sixth edition of Plugged-In, our monthly EV newsletter. In the last six months, we have covered multiple topics such as the United States’ decoupling agenda from China (and how that may not work in the...more

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Immigration Challenges & Solutions: Leveraging International Talent in a Tight Labor Market

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Corporate immigration and a cross-border workforce are one of the many considerations for in-house counsel today. Increasingly, companies are turning to international workers and this creates both business opportunities and...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

USCIS Provides Additional Guidance to Foreign Nationals in STEM Fields

Consistent with its goal of removing barriers to legal immigration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued guidance and launched initiatives related to individuals in the science, technology,...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

H-1B Cap Filing Season is Just Around the Corner: A Refresher on the H-1B Process - January 2022

Background- The H-1B nonimmigrant visa is one of the most highly utilized and sought-after temporary work visas and facilitates the employment of foreign nationals entering the United States to perform employment in...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

H-1B Cap Season Is Imminent - What You Should Know This Year

With the new Biden administration at the helm, we note that the H-1B final midnight regulations promulgated Friday, January 15, 2021, by the former administration have been rescinded. Those regulations, which set up a...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

USCIS Fee Increases Challenged; New Forms Expected

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Advocacy groups have filed suits challenging the USCIS fee increases scheduled to take effect on October 2, 2020. The fee increases are not equal across the board. Certain types of business immigration petitions have been...more

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Goodbye, NAFTA. Hello, USMCA.

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On July 1, 2020, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) will enter into full force, when it will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) as the primary agreement governing trade relations...more

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How the Extended Closure of the U.S.-Canada Land Border Is Impacting Business Travelers

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On March 20, 2020, due to the global pandemic, U.S. and Canadian officials mutually agreed that non-essential travel between the United States and Canada should be temporarily suspended. U.S. Customs and Border Protection...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

H-1B Work Permit Filings: Will You Beat the Cap? (Updated)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should identify as soon as possible any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021, given that it is anticipated USCIS will...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Major Changes For Canadian Citizens Entering The United States On An L-1 Visa

Unannounced changes at the Canadian border have disrupted Canadian L-1 intra-company transferee visa applicants' admission to the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) appears to have shifted its...more

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Potential Changes to U.S.-Canadian Border Policy

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On April 25, 2019, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued a practice alert announcing that the nationwide immigration association had “been in discussions with CBP [Customs and Border Protection] related...more

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Canadian L Visa Admissions – CBP Changes Course without Prior Notice Creating New Non-Tariff Barriers

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A few weeks ago, stories of Canadian citizens being refused admission to the U.S. as individual or blanket L applicants requesting an additional period of stay in the U.S. started to increase....more

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Alternative Strategies for Rejected FY19 H-1B’s

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has started returning H-1B petitions to employers whose cases were not selected in the recent H-1B lottery selection process. The USCIS reported that a total of 195,000 H-1B...more

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L Intracompany Transfers Pilot Program For Canadian Citizens

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USCIS and CPB at the Blaine, Washington, Port of Entry (POE) have formally announced that from April 30, 2018, until October 31, 2018, the agencies jointly will implement a pilot program for Canadian citizens seeking entry in...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Expedited U.S. Immigration Process for Canadian Execs, Managers, and Specialists

Under a pilot program commencing Monday, April 30, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will offer expedited mail-in processing of L-1 intracompany transfers for Canadian executives, managers and specialized...more

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USCIS Memorandum On Qualifying ‘Economist’ Under NAFTA TN Classification Raises Questions

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NAFTA’s TN nonimmigrant classification permits qualified Canadian and Mexican citizens to seek temporary entry into the U.S. to engage in business activities at a professional level. One TN-qualifying profession is that of an...more

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The Narrowing Of The NAFTA Visa Category For Canadian And Mexican Citizens Classified As Economist - A Warning Shot To Employers

On December 20, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) publicized a policy memorandum it originally released on November 20, 2017, narrowing the scope of those eligible for the TN Economist visa...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

USCIS Shifts in Stance for TN Economist Category

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum effective November 20, 2017, that narrows the scope of occupations that are eligible for TN status in the Economist category. TN work authorization,...more

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USCIS Issues Guidance on TN Nonimmigrant Status for Economists

On November 20, 2017, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum clarifying that the TN definition of “economists.” Background - On December 17, 1992, the presidents of the...more

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The Future of H-1B Visas May Be Scrooged

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The H-1B visa program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in “specialty occupations.” In recent months, several changes to the program have either been announced or proposed, with...more

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USCIS Announces Limitation on NAFTA Eligibility in “Economist” Classification

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On December 18, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a news release announcing “clarifying policy guidance” on eligibility standards for qualifying as a TN “Economist” under the North American Free...more

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What’s New in Immigration Law?

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USCIS Permits Certain EAD Applicants to apply for a Social Security Number on Form I-765 - Based on a new information-sharing partnership between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Social Security...more

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Special Immigration Alert - July 2017

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USCIS Releases Revised Version of Form I-9 and Accompanying Form I-9 Handbook for Employers - On July 17, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released a new version of Form I-9. Form I-9 is used...more

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