We recently reported on our Immigration Blog that hospitals and medical centers, facing challenges in staffing during the pandemic, content with heightened struggles to find and hire sufficient numbers of registered...more
As hospitals and medical centers continue to face challenges in staffing during the pandemic, the struggle is heightened to find and hire sufficient numbers of registered professional nurses. In the rural and medically...more
8/18/2021
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Form I-140 Petitions ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
I-485 Applications ,
Nurses ,
Permanent Residence Cards ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Unions ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On Thursday, February 18, House Democrats introduced the Biden Administration’s Immigration Bill “The U.S. Citizenship Act.” This is an ambitious, comprehensive immigration bill that likely will not be passed as a...more
On November 2, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to effectively end the random H-1B visa lottery selection process used when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...more
11/23/2020
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
F-1 Visa ,
H-1B ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Many international medical graduates (IMGs) from around the world come to the U.S. each year to complete a U.S. residency program and become licensed to practice in this country, filling a significant need due to physician...more
It’s strikingly apparent that the current global pandemic of COVID-19 is impacting travel and visa/immigration processes worldwide. As of right now, all USCIS processing centers for visa petitions remain open and...more
On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for...more
12/30/2019
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Comment Period ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Fees ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 Visas ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Proposed Rules ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas