With the recent announcement from the Biden administration that the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies will end this May, the temporary US Department of Homeland Security guidance that permitted businesses...more
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has extended a policy permitting acceptance of remote employment eligibility verification in limited circumstances through December 31, 2021.
On August 31, the day the current...more
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced a new policy under which all applicants for a green card must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As part of the green card application process, all...more
In response to the surge in COVID-19 cases in India, the Biden-Harris administration announced on April 30 that the COVID-19-related admission bans currently in place will be expanded to include travelers from India. The ban...more
5/3/2021
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Traveling Employee
The education industry, like many others, saw a fundamental shift in 2020 as remote learning challenged some of the long-held traditions of institutions, educators, and related companies. From federal support of reopening...more
4/7/2021
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Name and Likeness ,
PEP ,
Remote Learning ,
School Closures ,
SECURE Act ,
Student Athletes ,
Students ,
Title IX
The Biden-Harris administration has allowed Presidential Proclamation 10052 (PP 10052) to expire as of March 31. PP 10052, implemented by the previous administration in June 2020, had suspended the issuance of certain...more
4/2/2021
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Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
H-2B ,
H-4 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Infectious Diseases ,
J-1 Visas ,
L-1 Visas ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
USCIS ,
Visas
President Joe Biden’s first days in office have focused heavily on issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and human rights as applied across federal agencies and programs. We anticipate that this pattern will continue and...more
1/28/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DACA ,
Executive Orders ,
Immigration Reform ,
Infectious Diseases ,
LGBTQ ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Race Relations ,
Social Equity Programs ,
Transgender ,
Travel Ban
In an effort to curb the further spread of COVID-19, President Joe Biden has extended restrictions on US admission from the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil as of January 26, and expanded the...more
Immediately following his inauguration on January 20, US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. began taking executive action to enact many of his administration’s initial priorities, which included a number of executive orders,...more
1/22/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
DACA ,
Eviction ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreclosure ,
Infectious Diseases ,
LGBTQ ,
Masks ,
Moratorium ,
Muslims ,
Paris Agreement ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Mandates ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Travel Ban ,
Workplace Safety
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order on January 12 stating that all air travel passengers over the age of 2 (including US citizens and green card holders) are required to obtain a negative...more
1/15/2021
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Public Health ,
Screening Procedures ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee ,
Virus Testing
With successive presidential proclamations and executive orders in recent months, there can be considerable confusion around what type of immigration petitions and applications can be filed, and who can enter the United...more
8/12/2020
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Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 Visas ,
O Visa Petitions ,
PERM ,
TN-Visas ,
Travel Restrictions ,
USCIS ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
A federal court on July 29 temporarily halted the public charge rule during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, while the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on July 31 released a new proposed schedule with...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, on April 1, US Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed that its offices would remain closed to the public until at least May 3....more
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a statement on March 13, 2020, clarifying that receipt of any treatment or preventive services related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) will not negatively affect an...more
Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that applicants and petitioners who receive a Request of Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) dated between...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on March 25, 2020, extended suspension of routine in-person services until at least April 7, 2020. USCIS had previously...more
As of March 20, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services suspended the Premium Processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions, and the US Department of State suspended routine, nonemergency visa services...more
Consular sections of US embassies around the world, as well as US Citizenship and Immigration Services, are beginning to announce cancellations of certain in-person services, including routine nonimmigrant and immigrant visa...more
President Donald Trump expanded the ban on March 14 on US admissions to include all individuals who have traveled to the United Kingdom and/or Ireland during the 14-day period preceding their anticipated entry to the country....more
3/16/2020
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Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Health and Safety ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health ,
Screening Procedures ,
Travel Ban ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration
In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, US President Donald Trump announced on March 11 that entry into the United States has been suspended for all individuals who were physically present in the Schengen...more
3/12/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
EU ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Public Health ,
Travel Ban ,
Traveling Employee ,
Trump Administration
As employers prepare plans to handle possible alternate employee work arrangements in light of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, it is important to keep in mind how these plans and policies—including telework policies—may...more
3/5/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
E-1 ,
E-2 ,
E-3 ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Infectious Diseases ,
L-1 Visas ,
Labor Condition Applications ,
O Visa Petitions ,
OPT ,
Public Health ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Management ,
SEVIS ,
STEM ,
Telecommuting ,
TN-Visas ,
USCIS ,
Visas