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02 Aug 2017

NewsFlash! Trump, GOP Senators Propose Bill to Modify Immigration System, Slash Visa Numbers

Today, President Trump announced his support for a bill proposed by Republican Senators Tom Cotton (AR) and David Perdue (GA) that, if passed, would make massive changes to the U.S. immigration system. The proposal would replace the current employment-based immigration system with a merit-based system....

25 Jul 2017

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt H1B Petitions

As of Monday, July 24, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed accepting requests for premium processing for certain cap-exempt H1B petitions. As explained in the USCIS news release:Premium processing will resume for petitions that may be exempt from the cap if the...

14:20 / For Employers / For Individuals / H1B / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

24 Jul 2017

PERM Denials Mistakenly Issued for Failure to Respond to Audits

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has been advised by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that during April 2017, a number of PERM filings were inadvertently denied for failure to respond to audit requests, even though the employers had actually submitted timely responses via...

08:48 / Employment Based / For Employers / NewsBrief / Resident

19 Jul 2017

DOL Reinstates Opinion Letters

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division is reinstating its policy of issuing opinion letters upon request to provide guidance to employers and employees on the Fair Labor Standards Act and other U.S. labor laws. Per a June 27, 2017 DOL announcement,...

08:11 / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident

17 Jul 2017

Staffing Company Fined $276,000 for I-9 Violations

In a decision published June 7, 2017, an administrative law judge (ALJ) in the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) fined a staffing company $276,000 for various substantive violations related to its employees' I-9 forms. The violations included failure to prepare I-9s, failure...

08:05 / For Employers / Homeland Security / NewsBrief / Worker

11 Jul 2017

August 2017 Visa Bulletin: EB2 ‘Rest of the World’ Retrogresses, EB3 India Advances

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the August 2017 Visa Bulletin this afternoon. In the final action (FA) chart, the cutoff dates in the employment-based, first preference (EB1) category remain unchanged, leaving India and China stuck at January 1, 2012. In the employment-based, second...

14:45 / AOS/CP / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

05 Jul 2017

E-3 Visa Category for Professional Australian National Workers

The E-3 visa is a nonimmigrant, employment-based visa category available to qualifying Australian citizens. While very similar to the H1B classification, the E-3 classification has a few unique requirements and benefits. General Requirements Parallel Those of H1B Category The E-3 category allows an individual to enter the...

12:37 / For Employers / For Individuals / InfoArticle / Worker

03 Jul 2017

DOL News Release Further Emphasizes Focus on Compliance and Enforcement Efforts

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a news release on June 6, 2017, which details actions the agency is taking to combat entities committing visa fraud and abuse. The news release quotes Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, who states, "Entities who engage in visa...

08:02 / Compliance / For Employers / Investigation / NewsBrief / Worker

26 Jun 2017

NewsFlash! Supreme Court Temporarily Reinstates Parts of Travel Ban, Will Hear Case Fall 2017

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider an appeal by the Trump Administration regarding the decision of several lower courts to block President Trump’s March 6, 2017 executive order that was to impose a travel ban on citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries....

11:05 / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Legislation / NewsBrief / Travel / Visitor

26 Jun 2017

NFAP Study Rebuts Numerous Criticisms of H1B Program

Earlier this month, the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) released the results of a new study on the use of H1B workers by Indian-based companies that undercuts many of the claims made by politicians critical of the H1B program. The study, which focuses on...

07:56 / For Employers / H1B / NewsBrief / Worker

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NewsFlash! Trump, GOP Senators Propose Bill to Modify Immigration System, Slash Visa Numbers

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt H1B Petitions

PERM Denials Mistakenly Issued for Failure to Respond to Audits

DOL Reinstates Opinion Letters

Staffing Company Fined $276,000 for I-9 Violations

August 2017 Visa Bulletin: EB2 ‘Rest of the World’ Retrogresses, EB3 India Advances

E-3 Visa Category for Professional Australian National Workers

DOL News Release Further Emphasizes Focus on Compliance and Enforcement Efforts

NewsFlash! Supreme Court Temporarily Reinstates Parts of Travel Ban, Will Hear Case Fall 2017

NFAP Study Rebuts Numerous Criticisms of H1B Program

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