THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS: What Defenses Are Available to Persons Facing Deportation?

Deportation proceedings, now referred to as Removal Proceedings, can be frightening. Your entire future in the United States is on the line. If you are the breadwinner of your family, you have more at stake: the stability and safety of your family. Once deported or removed from the U.S., it is...

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Alvos das ações do ICE

 

Nos últimos meses, vieram à tona notícias de que o Serviço de Imigração e Controle de Duanas dos Estados Unidos (ICE, na sigla em inglês) voltou a realizar operações de “execução focadas”, as chamadas “Operation Cross Check”. Elas são direcionadas especialmente a três grupos:

 

Fugitivos – Qualquer pessoa com ordem de deportação decretada;

 

Indivíduos...
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o Departamento do Trabalho dos EUA, por meio da Divisão de Salário e Horas (WHD), continua promovendo auditorias e investigações relacionadas ao visto H-1B

 

Empregadores que contratam profissionais com o visto H-1B e trabalhadores para ocupações especiais devem, por lei, submeter um Pedido de Condições de Trabalho (LCA) completo pelo Formulário ETA 9035E, do Departamento do Trabalho dos Estados Unidos (DOL), seguindo as formas definidas pelas regulações.

Ao completar e assinar o LCA, o empregador atesta vários...

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SAME SEX MARRIAGE – IMMIGRATION BENEFITS 2013


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, due to COVID-19.

This temporary guidance was set to expire November 19. Because of ongoing precautions related to COVID-19, DHS has extended this...
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Barreiras de três e dez anos: Como novas regras ampliam elegibilidade para pedido de perdao


A maioria dos americanos considera que o casamento com um cidadão americano e outras relações familiares dão direito ao imigrante para residência permanente (um “green card”), mas há barreiras que muitas vezes impedem ou atrasam esses membros familiares de se tornarem residentes permanentes legalizados, mesmo que eles ja estejam nos Estados Unidos. Entre...
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O NPZ LAW GROUP CONTINUA A INCENTIVAR QUE EMPREGADORES QUE SOLICITAM OS VISTOS H-1B E L-1 ENTENDAM AS VISITAS AO LOCAL DE TRABALHO FEITAS PELO FDNS REFERENTES AOS VISTOS H-1B E L-1

 

Por: Michael Phulwani, Esq., David H. Nachman, Esq. e Ludka Zimovcak, Esq.

O Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS) começou o seu Programa de Visita e Verificação Administrativa do Local de Trabalho (ASVVP) em 2009. Pelo programa, essas visitas são conduzidas pelo diretório de Detecção de Fraude e Segurança...

O NPZ LAW GROUP CONTINUA A INCENTIVAR QUE EMPREGADORES QUE SOLICITAM OS VISTOS H-1B E L-1 ENTENDAM AS VISITAS AO LOCAL DE TRABALHO FEITAS PELO FDNS REFERENTES AOS VISTOS H-1B E L-1 Continue reading…

H-1B NONIMMIGRANT WORK VISA UPDATE: With a Looming Cloud of Anticipated Investigations, Audits and Site Visits, USCIS Reaches FY 2017-2018 H-1B Cap.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap.

The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected...

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USCIS ALERT: BATTLING FRAUD AND ABUSE IN THE H-1B VISA PROGRAM.


The Justice Department cautioned employers petitioning for H-1B visas not to discriminate against U.S. workers. The warning came as the federal government began accepting employers’ H-1B visa petitions for the next fiscal year. The H-1B visa program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations such as science...
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USCIS ALERT: BATTLING FRAUD AND ABUSE IN THE H-1B VISA PROGRAM.


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced multiple measures to further deter and detect H-1B visa fraud and abuse. The H-1B visa program should help U.S. companies recruit highly-skilled foreign nationals when there is a shortage of qualified workers in the country. Yet, too many American workers who are as qualified, willing, and...
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Justice Department Cautions Employers Seeking H-1B Visas Not to Discriminate Against U.S. Workers


The Justice Department cautioned employers petitioning for H-1B visas not to discriminate against U.S. workers. The warning came as the federal government began accepting employers’ H-1B visa petitions for the next fiscal year. The H-1B visa program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations such as science...
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