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2016 Employer Trends in Hiring Foreign-National Talent
The U.S. Department of Labor has released its statistics for the 2016 fiscal year. The Department of Labor oversees the PERM labor certification process, which is often the first [...]
New Version of Form I-9
U.S. Immigration has released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Form I-9 verification – now 30 years old - requires U.S. employers to verify the identity [...]
New Regulations for Employment-Based and Nonimmigrant Visa Programs
The government recently published its final regulations designed to modernize and enhance elements of employment-based and immigrant visa programs. These changes facilitate U.S. employers retaining certain high-skilled nonimmigrant employees and [...]
Visa Bulletin News: December 2016 and beyond
The level of demand in green card availability, particularly in the employment-based preference categories, increased significantly late last winter and that demand has since been sustained. The following outlines the [...]
U.S. Elections Impact Immigrants – Part II
As a follow up to last week’s blog regarding potential immigration impacts following the U.S. election, following are some important updates. First, some of the President-elect’s immigration platform has been [...]
U.S. Elections Impact Immigrants
In our September blog, we outlined the respective immigration positions of the Presidential nominees of the Republican and Democratic parties. The elections are now over and the results are [...]
California State Bar Warns: Beware of Non-Attorney Immigration Consultants
In its November Journal, the State Bar of California has issued a stern warning to immigrants. The state is concerned that “unscrupulous ‘consultants’, ‘advisers’, and ‘notarios’ prey on newcomers who [...]
Government Application Fees Increasing: Get Your Applications Filed Now!
U.S. Immigration application fees are set to rise by an average of 21% beginning December 23, 2016. The last government fee increase was in 2010. The following is a [...]
Visa Bulletin Update for November 2016
Charles ("Charlie") Oppenheim from the Department of State recently shared some predictions and projections for the various immigrant preference categories at the beginning of the new government fiscal year. Please [...]