Como recordatorio a todos los empleadores de los Estados Unidos, la temporada H-1B ya casi está aquí! El Servicio de Inmigración y Ciudadanía de los Estados Unidos (“USCIS”) comenzará a aceptar nuevas peticiones H-1B para el año fiscal 2017 el viernes, 1 de abril de 2016. Como tal, los empleadores deben comenzar a identificar...

As a reminder to all U.S. employers, H-1B season is almost here! United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will start accepting new H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2017 on Friday, April 1st, 2016. As such, employers should start immediately identifying current and future employees who will require sponsorship for new H-1B petitions. By...

On November 24th the USCIS announced, in the FEDERAL REGISTER, proposed changes to the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9.

Many of the proposed changes to Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 are intended to help reduce "technical errors" and to help customers complete the Form on their computer after they have downloaded it from the...

In August 2015, we had indicated through one of our Articles, KEEP HOPES ALIVE: EADS & ACCEPTING JOB PROMOTIONS AFTER AN I-140 APPROVAL IS SOON GOING TO BE A REALITY, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working on a proposed rule that will allow certain Beneficiaries of an...

 

Upon approval of H-1B petition by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)[1], foreign nationals residing abroad may need to go to the U.S. Consulate/Embassy to get an H-1B visa stamped into their passport before they can travel to and enter the United States. Before going for the visa interview, it is very...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: In a disappointing but unsurprising decision, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government's appeal of the preliminary injunction that has temporarily stopped President Obama's latest deferred action initiatives from being implemented. This decision clears the way for the Obama Administration to...

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA - PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA: En una decisión decepcionante, pero poco sorprendente, un panel dividido de la Corte del Quinto Circuito de Apelaciones rechazó la apelación de la medida cautelar que ha detenido temporalmente últimas iniciativas de acción diferida del presidente Obama de ser implementado por el gobierno federal. Esta decisión despeja...

 

On October 19, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to amend its F-1 nonimmigrant student visa regulations on optional practical training (OPT) for certain students with degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from U.S. institutions of higher education. The comments are due by November 18, 2015. In addition to improving...