New travel restrictions could mean new issues for employers hiring foreign nationals. Our Immigration Team outlines the scope of the restrictions, key exceptions, and recommended actions....more
Our Immigration Team discusses the implications of the end of the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) programs begun under the Biden Administration....more
Our Immigration Team provides key takeaways and steps employers can take to prepare for the expected rise in immigration enforcement under a second Trump Administration....more
12/27/2024
/ Audits ,
Buy American and Hire American ,
Compliance ,
DACA ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Popular ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Our Immigration Team breaks down the many changes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is implementing for the H-1B and F-1 visa programs just ahead of a change in Administrations....more
Our Labor & Employment and Immigration teams discuss the looming delays in processing H-4 and L-2 dependent status and work permit applications after the Edakunni settlement’s “bundling” provision expires on January 18, 2025....more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new temporary final rule, effective April 8, 2024, that extends certain employment authorization documents (EADs) by up to 540 days. Our Labor & Employment and...more
Our Immigration Team breaks down the State Department’s pilot program to process domestic visa renewals. Allowing applicants to remain in the U.S. while renewing their visas will ease the burdens on both business and the...more
Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced three new efforts to increase efficiency and reduce excessive backlogs in processing immigration petitions. This is a much-welcomed reprieve to U.S....more
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security temporarily allowed employers to accept certain types of expired identification for Form I-9. Our Immigration Team discusses what the end of that policy...more
What will the Department of Labor’s new proposal changing the methodology used to set the adverse effect wage rate in the H-2A visa program mean to agricultural employers? Members of our Agricultural Legislative & Public...more