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Travel Ban Redux: June 9 Implementation Regarding 19 Countries

June 4 marked a very active day for the administration in immigration related proclamations. The horrific act of anti-semitic violence by an Egyptian national B visa visitor overstay in Boulder, Colorado has served as a...more

Canadian B Visitors to the U.S.: What Does Registration Mean for You?

On March 12, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its proposed new registration Interim Final Regulation (IFR). It becomes effective on April 11, 2025. The IFR outlines the existing long-term regulations...more

Planning for Travel Ban 2025 – Leaked Draft Includes 43 countries

An article published by The New York Times on March 14, 2025, details a travel ban proposal under review by the Trump administration affecting 43 countries, categorized using a color-coded triage system (the “Article”). The...more

April 11, 2025 Registration Rule Enhanced: Foreign Nationals – Carry Your Papers!

On March 11, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the draft of its proposed new registration Interim Final Regulation (IFR) referenced in the announcement by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

Immigration Compliance for Employers in 2025: Guide to Worksite Audits

During the first Trump administration, worksite enforcement actions (aka raids) were focused in the Southeast and Midwest. The primary industries targeted were manufacturing and meat/poultry processing. In 2017, Thomas Homan...more

Stay Extended by Texas Court to Sept. 23 for Approval of Keeping Families Together Parole

On September 4, 2024, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, signed an Order denying the Motion of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lift his prior Order...more

August 1 Marks New Era in Remote Document Verification for Qualified E-Verify Employers as well as a New Compressed Form I-9

On August 1, all U.S. employers will have the option to use the new “one-page” Form I-9 (edition date 08/01/2023). The new August 2023 Form I-9 and Instructions are only available in draft form before August 1, 2023 via the...more

更新情報:Form I-9のリモートフレキシビリティ制度が2023年7月31日に終了/対面での審査を8月30日までに実施する必要-その理由は?

国土安全保障省(DHS)は、COVID-19により導入されたForm I-9 に関するリモートフレキシビリティ制度を2022年11月1日から2023年7月31日まで延長しました。その後の2023年5月5日、移民・関税執行局(ICE) は、リモートフレキシビリティ制度が終了した後は、30日以内にForm I-9の要件を満たす対応が求められることを発表しました。すなわち、2020年3月20日以降に採用され、かつForm...more

UPDATE: Form I-9 Remote Flexibility Ending July 31, 2023 / In-Person Inspection Required by August 30, 2023 – Why?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended the COVID-19 remote completion flexibilities for Form I-9 effective November 1, 2022, until July 31, 2023. On May 5, 2023, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...more

Form I-9 Remote Flexibility Ends July 31, 2023 – 5 Things to Keep in Mind

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended the COVID-19 remote completion flexibilities for Form I-9, effective November 1, 2022 – July 31, 2023. Additionally, in August of 2022, DHS invited public comment on a Notice...more

U.S. Land Border Reopens to Non-Essential Vaccinated Travelers November 8

Monday, November 8, marks a reopening of international air travel for vaccinated foreign nationals as well as entry to the United States (U.S.) via the land border for non-essential vaccinated foreign visitors due to a recent...more

The DACA Decision – Supreme Court’s Ruling Provides Temporary Uncertain Relief

The Trump administration has already announced its goal to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy commenced on June 15, 2012 by President Obama within the next six months post the decision of the U.S....more

DHS Announces Remote I-9 Completion and Suspension of Audit Responses due to COVID-19

With all of the dark news surrounding COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deserves a “thank you” from employers for their logical announcement related to Form I-9 compliance issues on March 20. ...more

Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Travel Challenges - Don't Forget!

1. What is the VWP? The VWP is administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in consultation with the State Department. ...more

The Social Security No Match Letter Conundrum for Employers: What to do in Sixty Days?

More than 570,000 No Match letters  (NML) have been sent by the Social Security Administration (SSA) starting in late March of 2019 with instructions for the Employer to review the name and social security number (SSN)...more

Canada, Cannabis, and Crossing the Continent: Considerations for Canada-U.S. Companies, Business Travellers, and Investors

Managing your company’s Canada-U.S. operations will become hazier following Canada’s October 2017 legalization of recreational cannabis. While the Canadian Senate passed the Cannabis Act on June 21, 2018 to control and...more

President Trump’s Third, Indefinite Travel Ban Takes Blows from Courts

Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland have temporarily blocked the implementation of President Trump’s most recent travel ban, which was issued by Presidential Proclamation on September 24, 2017 (Proclamation) and set to take...more

Travel Ban Expires, Replaced by Presidential Proclamation Restricting Travel for Certain Nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North...

On September 24, 2017, President Trump issued a proclamation entitled, “Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats” (“the...more

Employers and the DACA Wind Down Decision on September 5

On September 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the unfortunate Memo to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program (Memo). DHS Acting Secretary, Elaine C. Duke, noted that...more

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