U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing the new cards on May 1, 2017.
These redesigns use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security...
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H-1B NONIMMIGRANT WORK VISA UPDATE: USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2018
USCIS announced on April 7, 2017, that it has received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap.
USCIS received...
Immigration Arrests Double in Just 11 Years
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Recently released data from the Justice Department shows that the number of immigration arrests has doubled in the past 11 years. Immigration crimes now account for half of all arrests by federal agents. Immigration crimes included illegal border...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...