Immigrants working illegally within the United States account for roughly 46 percent of the 800,000 plus farmworkers across the nation, according to data from the U.S. Departments of Labor and Agriculture. President Trump...
Mudanças nas regras do visto H1B e a anatomia das auditorias do governo
Em março de 2017, o Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS, na sigla em inglês) emitiu um memorando rescindindo regulações prévias que permitiam que programadores de computador de nível básico pudessem solicitar o visto H-1B. O memorando exige que os empregadores comprovem que as vagas para programadores de computador requerem grande...
TARGETED ICE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE UNDERWAY
Globally, we have seen an uptick in tightened security at airports and borders. For some, it may almost feel like a post-9/11 environment. Emphasis has been placed on the enforcement of many existing policies within our own borders. One policy that is being enforced more broadly at this time is "Border Searches of Electronic...
DOS UPDATE: VISA BULLETIN FOR JUNE 2017
Employment-Based Preference Categories. Increased demand across the employment-based preferences, including EB-4 and EB-5, has significantly decreased the "otherwise unused numbers" which have traditionally trickled up to EB-1 and potentially down to EB-2. For example, in FY 2016, Special Immigrant Juvenile cases used more than 50% of the entire EB-4 annual limit, thus preventing many...
VISAS MANTIS and Implications for Trump’s “Extreme Vetting”
In recent months, a Presidential Memorandum, leaked Department of State cables, and a Federal Register notice have detailed the Trump Administration’s plans to implement “Extreme Vetting” of individuals determined by consular officers to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related ineligibilities. Although it is impossible to know what the...
TRAVEL WARNING FOR NATIONALS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DESIGNATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
On Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 two (2) guidance memos were singed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly implementing the President’s Executive Orders on immigration enforcement. Although much attention has been focused on the building of the border wall, these new memos direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to escalate harsh immigration enforcement nationwide....
ANÁLISE: As ordens executivas de Trump sobre imigração
Por Snehal Batra, advogada do NPZ Law Group
Desde que assumiu a presidência dos Estados Unidos, em janeiro, Donald Trump passou os primeiros 100 dias do seu governo no seu gabinete emitindo ordens executivas. Entre elas, Trump assinou duas ordens executivas banindo a entrada no país de cidadãos não-americanos de certos países de maioria...
Estrangeiros vítimas de certos crimes nos EUA têm direito ao chamado Visto U
Um estrangeiro que tenha sido vítima de um crime nos Estados Unidos pode se qualificar para o status U de não-imigrante. O visto U é concedido a vítimas de certos crimes que sofreram significativo abuso físico e mental e desejam ajudar autoridades do governo e da Justiça na investigação e no processo da atividade...
Travel Abroad: Is Your Information Safe During CBP Screenings?
THE BACKGROUND
The newly elected Republician Preseident of the United States has thrown a yet another policy bomb on immigrants from 7 countries. However, there has been a lot of criticism on the ban by the corporate honchos or the CEO’s of various ginats placed in US. The move was expected as it was...
ANATOMY OF H-1B AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS
Following President Donald Trump’s administration’s promise to crack down on fraudulent misuse of the H-1B visa program, a number of federal agencies have kicked off joint efforts to re-interpret and re-enforce H-1B visa regulations. Already, a number of significant changes have...