Categories: General – Posted on January 20, 2015 High Skilled Immigration Reforms Proposed: The Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 Last week a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 (S. 153). Commonly referred to as … Continue reading >High Skilled Immigration Reforms Proposed: The Immigration Innovation Act of 2015
Categories: General – Posted on December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 The President’s Executive Actions for Employers and Employees Businesses and professionals have asked us how the President’s executive actions may impact them. The language and memorandums are very … Continue reading >The President’s Executive Actions for Employers and Employees
Categories: General – Posted on November 21, 2014July 21, 2020 Executive Action Plan for U.S. Immigration Reform After much deliberation, press, and controversy, President Obama announced tonight that he will take executive action to improve the United … Continue reading >Executive Action Plan for U.S. Immigration Reform
Categories: General – Posted on October 31, 2014 I-9 Forms Ruled Admissible To Support Removal Charges The Board of Immigration Appeals rules this week that a Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification form) is admissible in immigration … Continue reading >I-9 Forms Ruled Admissible To Support Removal Charges
Categories: General – Posted on September 17, 2014September 24, 2014 Optimizing TN and L Petitions Submitted to CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection is attempting to steer TN and L applicants to certain ports of entry and pre-flight … Continue reading >Optimizing TN and L Petitions Submitted to CBP
Categories: General – Posted on September 3, 2014 U.S. Department of State Raises Certain Filing Fees The Department of State (DOS) announced a proposed rule, effective September 6, to change several filing fees for visa applications … Continue reading >U.S. Department of State Raises Certain Filing Fees
Categories: General – Posted on July 25, 2014July 26, 2014 USCIS Issues Guidance on H-1B Petitions for Nursing Occupations USCIS issued guidance recently for determining whether or not a nursing position meets the definition of an “specialty occupation.” Specialty … Continue reading >USCIS Issues Guidance on H-1B Petitions for Nursing Occupations
Categories: General – Posted on July 3, 2014 Washington State Legalizes Marijuana; Immigration Authorities Have Not The Seattle Times is reporting that Washington State’s first licensed marijuana dealer will open its doors on Tuesday. From an … Continue reading >Washington State Legalizes Marijuana; Immigration Authorities Have Not
Categories: General – Posted on May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 Work Authorization Coming for Certain H-4 Dependents of H-1Bs The Department of Homeland Security announced today that it is opening for comment rules that will ultimately allow certain H-4 … Continue reading >Work Authorization Coming for Certain H-4 Dependents of H-1Bs
Categories: General – Posted on April 12, 2014May 27, 2014 USCIS Receives 172,500 H-1B Applications in First Week USCIS announced this week that it received about 172,500 applications for H-1Bs for U.S. employers in the first week of … Continue reading >USCIS Receives 172,500 H-1B Applications in First Week
