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DOL’s New Labor Certification Registry Means Broad Public Disclosure
A corporate human resources manager recently picked up her phone to an exuberant greeting. On the other end was a foreign national employee moments after he discovered that the labor certification filed by the company on his behalf – the first-chance step in the employment-based green card...
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Immigration Reform Needs The House
The Senate appears to be on a steady track to advance comprehensive immigration reform, and the focus has migrated from whether comprehensive reform will pass the Senate to the size of the margin and the exact contents. Key provisions for America’s employers – and its economic...
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Truths And Myths About The Senate Immigration Bill
On April 16, 2013, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” was introduced in the United States Senate. The bill was the result of months of work by the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators, and is the first major effort at...
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Proposed Restrictive Changes To The Nonimmigrant Visa Programs Under The Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill
After years of debate and false starts, a tentative path towards immigration reform has begun to be forged in the form of the Senate’s Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. Of particular interest to U.S. employers are the assortment of proposed...
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Changes To Key Immigration Documents: I-94 And I-9
In the coming months there will be changes to two of the most fundamental documents for immigration compliance: the I-94, which is filled out by most foreign nationals (other than certain visitors and lawful permanent residents or LPRs) and serves as evidence of lawful admission to the United...
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High-Skilled Immigration Reform: What Does The Future Hold?
Congress has once again taken up the difficult issue of comprehensive immigration reform, marking the first time since 2009 that there has been significant momentum for major changes to the U.S. immigration system. That debate has raised immensely challenging questions across the immigration...
Read MoreA Call For More Realistic H-1B Visa Numbers
On April 1, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B petitions from U.S. employers seeking to hire foreign workers. The H-1B is the principal non-immigrant visa for employers to sponsor foreign workers in professional occupations. By statute, only 65,000...
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