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Immigration by the Numbers: Key Stats on FY 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery and H-1B Alternatives

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 9/5/2024

With the second round of the H-1B cap lottery just completed, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has now released statistics for this year’s H-1B cap selections as well as statistics on H-1B...more

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update – August 2024

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 7/30/2024

New Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation - US Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, have unveiled the Energy...more

New Green Card Path for High-Achieving Employees

BakerHostetler on 5/13/2024

On April 10, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Alert advising that it has adopted the Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulatory definition of “Science or Art” for Schedule A, Group II cases....more

Celebrating the Women Who Shaped Privacy, Ediscovery, & Cybersecurity

TRU Staffing Partners, Inc. on 3/19/2024

This Women’s History Month, TRU Staffing Partners celebrates the remarkable contributions of some trailblazing women in the data privacy, ediscovery, and cybersecurity fields. These pioneers have shaped the landscape and...more

U.S. Department of Labor to Consider Adding STEM Jobs to Streamlined Green Card Petitions

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 11/27/2023

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will solicit public input on expanding its list of Schedule A occupations eligible for streamlined immigration processing to include designated jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and...more

New Proposed H-1B Regulations and Stateside Visa Renewals – November 2023 Update

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 11/10/2023

Significant modifications to the H-1B visa program are expected to be implemented by the Department of Homeland Security. The agency issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) that would “modernize the H-1B specialty...more

How to Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Collaboration, Creativity, and Education

Ankura on 2/14/2023

The cybersecurity skills gap is a major challenge facing businesses and organizations today. The immense and well-publicized illicit gains generated by cyber attackers have drawn a steady stream of talent to feed the growing...more

Will Immigration Provisions in the COMPETES Act Survive Conference Negotiations?

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/16/2022

In February 2022, the House passed the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science (COMPETES) Act, a legislative package that invests in research, innovation and...more

Biden Administration Unveils Immigration Reform Bill

Littler on 3/4/2021

Last week, President Biden’s comprehensive immigration reform proposal, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, was introduced in the House and Senate. As officials in the administration initially reported, the provisions for the...more

F-1 Student Workers & COVID-19 Impacts on Employment

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/18/2020

Seyfarth Blog Synopsis: In today’s posting we discuss the impact that furloughs and layoffs may have on F-1 student workers and related employer obligations....more

Compliance News Flash

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 9/30/2019

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, which includes current news briefs relevant to background screening, immigration and data privacy, for the benefit and interest of our...more

Controversial H-1B Visa and Green Card Legislation Before Congress

Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/23/2019

The H-1B visa is an employer-sponsored nonimmigrant visa for highly skilled workers in so-called “specialty occupations". Specialty occupations are those which require the minimum of a US bachelor’s degree or foreign...more

The Year in Immigration - Popular Reads in 2018

Beacon Insights by JD Supra on 1/16/2019

A look at some of the most well-read writing on immigration issues posted on JD Supra in 2018....more

Immigration Policy Changes Leave Employers Wishing USCIS Took a Summer Vacation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/21/2018

There were no lazy days of summer to be had in 2018—at least not when it came to the introduction of new immigration policies by the Trump administration. The momentum with which it announced and implemented new policies over...more

Immigration Update: Student Workers in Changing Times – What Employers Need to Know

Baker Donelson on 7/23/2018

On May 10, 2018, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) published a Policy Memorandum offering guidance in the calculation of unlawful presence for those in student (F), vocational student (M), or exchange visitor...more

H-1B Visa Rules Tightening For Outsourcing And Staffing Companies

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/7/2018

The Trump Administration has been targeting outsourcing and staffing firms that use H-1B non-immigration visas, the most popular employment-based visa for foreign professional workers. The Administration has issued guidance...more

Five Workplace Challenges for Employers in Changing Times

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/30/2018

As Gordon Gekko famously pronounced in the 1980s classic movie Wall Street, “The most valuable commodity … is information.” Those words have never rung truer than in today’s world and in today’s workplaces. And as the old...more

U.S. Immigration & The Trump Administration

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 12/19/2016

With the announcement of President-elect Trump's plan for his first 100 days in office and his selection for Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, it appears the new administration will focus not only on illegal...more

Presidential Pulse: 10 Key Ways the Trump Administration May Impact The Way You Do Business in 2017

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/13/2016

Today marks just over a month since Donald Trump was elected as the next President of the United States. As each cabinet appointment is announced, we get more clues to help us predict which direction the Trump...more

Immigration Policy Choices Under the New Administration

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/22/2016

Now that the election is over, focus turns to the U.S. immigration policy of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration over the next four years. Forecasts of this type are never easy with any new President; the task is...more

September 2016 Special Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/27/2016

I. DOS Announces 2018 Diversity Lottery - The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) just released its instructions for the DV-2018 Diversity Visa (DV-2018) lottery. The registration period begins on Tuesday, October 4,...more

New Requirements for Employers of STEM OPT Students — Seven Extra Months for Seven Extra Requirements

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/28/2016

The new STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) regulation extends the practical training for F-1 students with qualifying degrees from 17 months to 24 months. It also introduces an employer requirement to complete a training...more

Immigration Update: Rule Changes for International Student Workers

Burr & Forman on 5/19/2016

Many of our clients employ international students in a status known as "F-1/OPT," which is "Optional Practical Training," a program similar to an internship that allows international students to get practical work experience...more

Immigration Laws Stifle US Business

Lowndes on 5/12/2016

US immigration laws have not been created with the growing global economy’s need for foreign talent in mind, and should be reformed to promote hiring the best minds for the US economy. With globalization of the modern...more

H-1B Cap FY2017 and Aftermath

Baker Donelson on 5/3/2016

The USCIS received over 236,000 H-1B petitions during this year’s FY2017 filing period for the annual supply of 85,000 new H-1B visas (65,000 for regular cap plus an additional 20,000 for workers with a U.S. Master’s degree)....more

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