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[Webinar] Work Visas in a Shifting Landscape – What’s Changing for Employers in 2025? - March 19th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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The ever-changing landscape of employment-based immigration continues to pose challenges for U.S. employers. With increased scrutiny on foreign national workers, compliance audits, and evolving nonimmigrant visa policies,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

H-1B Visas: Will Trump 2.0 Be a Turning Point for Employers Needing Skilled Foreign Workers?

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Skilled immigration is making headlines with renewed focus on the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program, the most popular employment-based visa for foreign professional workers. Recent statements by Trump advisors Elon Musk and...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

100 Days of the Biden Administration, Part II: Key Labor and Employment Policy Developments

In its first 100 days in office, the Biden administration has advanced its policy priorities, many of which have involved repealing the policy accomplishments of the previous presidential administration. The Biden...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

US District Court Sets Aside Interim Final Rules Affecting H-1Bs Previously Issued by the US Department of Labor and Department of...

On Dec. 1, the United States District Court in the Northern District of California set aside two Interim Final Rules affecting the H-1B program, holding that the Rules were promulgated in violation of the Administrative...more

Roetzel & Andress

2021 Outlook On Business And Employment-Based Immigration

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In the year 2020, the Trump Administration announced many changes to employment-based immigration. With many of these changes currently being litigated, and in light of the presumptive results of the recent presidential...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

What's at Stake for Immigration?

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The current administration’s course on immigration ushered in heightened standards for obtaining immigration benefits, restructuring visa allocations through executive orders and renewed and continues to emphasize immigration...more

Dentons

H-1B and Employment Immigration Processes Under Attack

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In its continuing effort to limit legal immigration, the Trump Administration announced two rule changes last week to radically limit H-1Bs and the most common employment-based permanent residence process. The first rule...more

Williams Mullen

H-1B Specialty Occupation Under Attack Again by DHS and New Increases to Prevailing Wage Levels by the DOL

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In June, President Trump issued a proclamation that suspended the issuance of certain nonimmigrant visas and required the Secretaries of Labor and Homeland Security to provide recommendations on measures to protect the U.S....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New Rules Will Make It Harder To Get H-1B Petitions Approved, Significantly Raise Required Wages For H-1Bs And Green Cards

Thursday, the Trump Administration published in the Federal Register two new Interim Final Rules designed to reduce significantly the number of H-1B workers in the United States. They are- •A rule from the U.S. Department...more

McCarter & English, LLP

A Rush To Rule: More Trump-Era Agency Actions Destined For A Loss In Federal Court

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On Thursday, October 8, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that revised the definition of the term “specialty occupation” and placed additional restrictions on...more

Morgan Lewis

US DOL Rule Changes How Prevailing Wages Are Determined for Immigration Purposes

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Effective October 8, 2020, the US Department of Labor will determine the prevailing wage for permanent labor certifications and labor condition applications based on a new formula for computing prevailing wage levels,...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Trump Administration Advances Rules Restricting Visas for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

The Trump Administration has announced that it will publish two Interim Final Rules on Thursday, October 8, 2020 that will substantially alter the H-1B visa program for temporary professionals working in a specialty...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Immigration Under the New Administration: H-1B Visas and What to Expect

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With the Trump Administration taking office, it is expected that changes to immigration policies will be carried out swiftly and, to a large extent, in an unapologetically straightforward manner. While the initial public...more

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