In late 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would implement the registration process for the fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap. The H-1B visa is used by businesses that want to employ foreign...more
2/24/2020
/ Conditional Job Offers ,
Deadlines ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Job Applicants ,
OPT ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
As it signaled in late 2017, the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s investigative arm) began 2018 with an increased emphasis on targeting employers and unauthorized employees...more
1/11/2018
/ Deportation ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Raids ,
Trump Administration ,
Undocumented Immigrants
On December 4, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the restraining orders against President Trump’s travel ban. The stay means that the September 24, 2017 presidential proclamation restricting travel into the U.S. from eight...more
12/11/2017
/ Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
National Security ,
Refugees ,
Restraining Orders ,
Stays ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Travel Ban ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
On September 18, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would resume the premium processing service for fiscal year 2018 H-1B cap cases....more
9/25/2017
/ Conrad 30 Waiver ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
OPT ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
Recent actions by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) indicate that employers seeking to hire foreign workers will likely face a more stringent visa approval process....more
8/18/2017
/ Buy America ,
Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
L-1B ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On July 6, 2015, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) proposed a revision to the “white collar” overtime exemption rule. As explained by Littler when it testified before the House Subcommittee, “the proposed white collar...more
10/12/2015
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Executives ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-1 ,
E-2 ,
Employee Transfers ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
L-1 ,
L-1A ,
Managers ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions