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USCIS Resumes Limited H-1b Premium Processing
July 24th, 2017
Limited H-1b Premium Processing Resumes for Some Cap Exempt Employees USCIS today announced that it will immediately begin accepting Premium Processing requests on behalf of H-1b workers employed at universities, nonprofits affiliated with universiti…
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Categories: H-1b
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New I-9 Form
July 17th, 2017
USCIS issued a new I-9 employment verification form today. Employers may continue to use the current version through September 17, 2017, but must use the new one only starting September 18. Forms and instructions are here.
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USCIS Delays Implementation of International Entrepreneur Reg, Will Rescind Instead
July 11th, 2017
Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice delaying for 8 months implementation of an Obama Administration regulation seeking to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to come to the U.S. The regulation required entrepreneurs to demonstrate…
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Categories: Investors and Entrepreneurs
USCIS to Suspend H-1b Premium Processing for 6 Months Starting April 3
March 6th, 2017
USCIS announced March 3 that it will suspend 15 day premium processing of all H-1b petitions for up to six months starting April 3, 2017. The late Friday afternoon announcement applies not only to FY2018 petitions for “new” H-1b employees…
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FY2018 H-1b Season Cometh
February 16th, 2017
FY2018 H-1b Filing Window Opens April 3 USCIS will accept employer petitions for the FY2018 H-1b visa allotment from April 3 to April 7, 2017, for an October 1, 2017, employee start date. In recent years USCIS has received sufficient numbers of petit…
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Unconfirmed draft of the State Department Employee Dissent Channel Memo
January 31st, 2017
Here’s a copy of a “Dissent Channel” memo opposing the Trump Administration’s January 27 visa and refugee entry ban Executive Order. The memo has been circulating within the State Department and is apparently supported by seve…
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"Extreme Vetting” Executive Order as it Relates to Employee Travel
January 30th, 2017
Travel Ban The January 27 Executive Order (EO) “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” remains in effect, and will continue to impact the ability of nonimmigrant nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,…
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Leaked Executive Order Proposes Gutting Employment Based Visa Regulations
January 27th, 2017
A leaked draft Executive Order (EO) dated January 23, 2017 and titled “Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs” appears aimed at gutting many employment based non-immigrant visa…
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Draft Executive Order Ending Some Visa Interview Waivers Would Be Bad News for U.S. Employers of Foreign Skilled Workers
January 26th, 2017
A leaked draft presidential Executive Order (EO) entitled “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals” would implement the “extreme vetting” President Trump has urged, and would potentially create substa…
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Tags: President Trump
Trump Nominates Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor
December 8th, 2016
Trump will nominate Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor. He’s currently CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Hardee’s and other fast food restaurant chains. In a June 2015 Wall Street Journal op-ed he gave his views on employment-based immi…
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Categories: PERM Labor Certification
