In a series of announcements during 2021, the U.S. Department of State (“USDOS”) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) have continued to show
Continue Reading New Availability of Visa Interview Waiver in 2021 for Certain International Students Applying for F, M or Academic J Visas
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently ruled that an employer had to bargain with its union over efforts
Continue Reading Unionized U.S. Employers Have Duty to Bargain Over the Effects of Measures to Correct I-9 Form Deficiencies and the Decision to Enroll Voluntarily in E-Verify
On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued new modifications to the temporary exemptions for F-l and M-l nonimmigrant students taking online classes due
Continue Reading New ICE Guidelines Say International Students Must Leave U.S. if Schools Go Entirely Online in the Fall
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has published a final rule increasing the fee to use its Premium Processing Service from $1,410 to $1,440.
Continue Reading Premium Processing Service – Available at an Increasingly Premium Price: What are a U.S. Employer’s Options?
ICE is now conducting worksite inspections for STEM OPT employers. ICE’s stated purpose for conducting these inspections, or “site-visits”, is to confirm that STEM OPT
Continue Reading Trick or Treat? ICE Offers Guidance on Requirement of Proving Relationship of OPT & STEM OPT Employment to Area of Study
The STEM OPT program allows foreign students who have graduated from a U.S. STEM-degree program to gain paid, on-the-job “Optional Practical Training (“OPT”) that supplements
Continue Reading A “Heads Up” for U.S. Employers of STEM Optional Practical Training Workers: ICE Starts Conducting On-Site Inspections for STEM OPT Employment
Certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-lB visa holders have been eligible for U.S. employment authorization, following a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) rule change in May 2015[1]. Since that time, thousands of spouses with H-4 classifications have applied for and obtained employment authorization documents (“EAD”). With these EADs, they have entered the U.S. workforce in various critical and much-needed professional and non-professional and skilled or unskilled jobs. Other H-4 dependent spouses hope to obtain such U.S. work authorization as soon as they are eligible for it.
Under the Buy American Hire American Executive Order (Executive Order 13788), these H-4 dependent spouses are now in serious jeopardy of losing their eligibility for such U.S. work authorization.
Continue Reading Plan Now to Retain Your Workforce: The Uncertain Future of Employment Authorization for H-4 Dependent Spouses
Don’t wait until it’s too late. There are steps you can take now to protect you and your business from costly litigation. The programs outlined
Continue Reading Register Now for Sexual Harassment Prevention Training – 2018 Schedule
On December 4, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders staying preliminary injunctions against President Trump’s latest travel ban, allowing that ban to take
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Allows Third Version of Travel Ban to Take Effect
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is warning that some employers are receiving scam emails requesting Form I-9 information. The emails appear to come from
Continue Reading USCIS Issues Scam Alert for Employers