Employment Law This Week®: EEOC & Disability Discrimination Lawsuits, Arbitration Deferral Case, Statutory Claims for Travel Pay Dismissed, ICE Will Increase Workplace Inspections
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 94-Internal Controls for Gifts, Travel and Entertainment in a FCPA Compliance Program, Part II
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Stealth Lawyer: Jodi Ettenberg, Food Traveler
License to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad
Given the heightened vetting and scrutiny of foreign nationals entering the U.S. by the Department of Homeland Security, all foreign nationals, including the U.S. permanent residents, should be vigilant, when facing CBP...more
Implementation of the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) has been delayed again. Initially expected to be operational in 2022, ETIAS is now scheduled to start in the last quarter of 2026. This delay...more
March 12, 2025 By: Kripa Upadhyay As the Trump administration continues to implement changes to immigration policies affecting adjudications within the U.S. and at consular posts abroad, the following recommendations are...more
The Department of State recently changed the eligibility requirements for the Visa Interview Waiver appointments, or Dropbox appointments, for Indian nationals. Previously, it allowed Indian nonimmigrant visa applicants...more
On Jan. 20, 2025, the Trump Administration issued scores of Executive Orders (EOs). Among them was one that requires U.S. agencies to ensure immigrants “are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.” The EO...more
Romania will be the 43rd country to become a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The new designation made by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in conjunction with Secretary of State Antony Blinken will go...more
Foreign nationals often plan international travel during the holidays. As a result, it is one of the busiest times of year for visa processing at U.S. Consulates and Embassies. Here are a few helpful considerations to make...more
The holiday season is here and it is critical that foreign nationals plan ahead to minimize potential risk and delays with traveling abroad and entering the U.S. Our holiday travel checklist is designed to help foreign...more
With the UK Government looking to phase out all physical immigration documents by the end of the year and transition all immigration status holders onto digital immigration permission (an “eVisa”), many employers are...more
USCIS published its Improving the H-1B Registration Selection Process and Program Integrity final rule on Feb. 2, 2024. The new final rule has three basic categories: creating a beneficiary-centric selection process,...more
The holiday season is here and travel is reaching pre-pandemic levels. International travelers should expect busy consulates and U.S. Ports of Entry. Although U.S. Consulates have committed additional resources to address...more
April 1, 2021 marked the beginning of consular processing at U.S. consulates and embassies throughout the world without the restrictions imposed on certain nonimmigrant visa processing under Presidential Proclamation 10052,...more
On November 16, 2018, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director L. Francis Cissna suggested that USCIS will discontinue its policy of denying certain pending I-131, Application for Travel Document...more
We shared an update on the Travel Ban as currently in effect. Now, we are going to look at Advance Parole....more