E-Verify is an internet-based system through which employers electronically confirm the employment eligibility of their employees. Designed to ensure that employers hire individuals authorized to work in the country, E-Verify...more
6/30/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-9 ,
Government Agencies ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Notice Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
USCIS
USCIS has released an update to its Policy Manual, bringing significant changes to regulations on the TN nonimmigrant visa classification and perhaps some employers’ practices. For instance, because of changes to the...more
6/16/2025
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Engineering ,
Immigration Procedures ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Physicians ,
Policy Updates ,
Scientific Research ,
TN-Visas ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USCIS
President-Elect Donald Trump is promising sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system, with a focus on ramping up enforcement and the removal of undocumented immigrants. We can look to his first term, along with his...more
12/13/2024
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DACA ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Spouses ,
Tariffs ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
USCIS published its Improving the H-1B Registration Selection Process and Program Integrity final rule on Feb. 2, 2024. The new final rule has three basic categories: creating a beneficiary-centric selection process,...more
After the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) labor contracts with the “Detroit Three” automakers expired on September 14, 2023, and the parties were not able to agree on new contract terms, the UAW began striking at targeted plants...more
9/19/2023
/ Automotive Industry ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Furloughs ,
H-1B ,
Labor Certifications ,
Strike ,
UAW ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unions ,
USCIS ,
Work Visas
USCIS has expanded premium processing for F-1 students to pending Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) applications based on Optional Practice Training (OPT) and STEM OPT. On April 3, 2023, the same will be extended to...more
Flexibility in completing I-9 Employment Verification Forms has been continued until March 31, 2021, and it may be extended beyond that. Under that flexibility, employers have been allowed to inspect Section 2 Form I-9...more
3/3/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Required Forms ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
USCIS
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
10/22/2020
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
New Rules ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Specialty Occupations ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas ,
Wage and Hour
Advocacy groups have filed suits challenging the USCIS fee increases scheduled to take effect on October 2, 2020.
The fee increases are not equal across the board. Certain types of business immigration petitions have been...more