NPZ Immigration Law Blog

A Casa Branca forneceu uma ficha informativa detalhando novas ações do DHS destinadas a atrair e manter talentos STEM nos EUA. Isso inclui atualizações do manual de políticas do DHS sobre vistos O-1, criação da Early Career STEM Research Initiative, alterações no SEVP, atualizações do manual de políticas do USCIS e muito mais.

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USCIS is issuing policy guidance clarifying how it determines eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with a focus on individuals in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields. The new update also clarifies how USCIS is evaluating evidence that could be submitted in support of petitions for beneficiaries working in STEM fields. In addition, this policy guidance clarifies how USCIS determines whether an O-1 beneficiary’s prospective work is within the beneficiary’s area of extraordinary ability or achievement.
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USCIS ha publicado una guía de política para clarificar cómo determina la elegibilidad de los no inmigrantes O-1A de habilidades extraordinarias, con un enfoque en las personas en los campos de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería o matemáticas (STEM). Esta nueva actualización también clarifica cómo USCIS evalúa la evidencia que se puede presentar en respaldo a las peticiones para beneficiarios que trabajan en los campos STEM. Además, esta guía de política aclara cómo USCIS determina si el posible empleo del beneficiario O-1 está dentro del área de habilidad o logros extraordinarios.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating the USCIS Policy Manual guidance on adjudicating national interest waiver requests, including special considerations for persons with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and entrepreneurs.
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The White House provided a fact sheet detailing new DHS actions intended to attract and maintain STEM talent in the US. These include DHS policy manual updates on O-1 visas, creation of the Early Career STEM Research Initiative, changes to SEVP, USCIS policy manual updates, and more.
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On January 20, 2021, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 10141, titled “Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States.” This Proclamation revoked Presidential Proclamations (P.P.) 9645 and 9983, which had suspended entry into the United States of certain nationals, based on visa type, from Burma, Eritrea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Nigeria, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Venezuela, and Yemen.
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Os vistos de trabalho profissional e de ocupação de especialidade de não-imigrante H-1B permitem que estrangeiros adquiram vistos de trabalho temporário nos EUA com base em um diploma de bacharel ou equivalente de uma instituição dos EUA. Estes estão entre os vistos mais procurados por não-imigrantes porque são limitados apenas a indivíduos em áreas especializadas. O processo de visto de trabalho H-1B tem data de início em 1º de outubro de cada ano, na qual são lançados 85.000 vistos. No entanto, as aplicações excedem em muito a cota limitada.
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અમેરિકામાં હેલ્થ કેર માટે કર્મચારીઓની શોર્ટેજ ઊભી થયેલી છે ત્યારે આ ક્ષેત્રમાં અમેરિકામાં ઇમિગ્રેશન માટેની ઊભી થયેલી તકો માટે ઘણા વિચારી રહ્યા છે. અમેરિકામાં કાયદેસરની વસાહત માટે ઘણા વિકલ્પો છે, તેમાં આરોગ્ય ક્ષેત્રના કર્મચારીઓ માટે સૌથી સરળ ઉપાય નોકરી આધારિત વીઝાનો છે. તમે આરોગ્ય ક્ષેત્રના હો તો કઈ રીતે વીઝા મેળવી શકો છો તે હવે જાણીએ.
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On January 10, 2022, Government of Canada updated document requirements for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP). This Program allow students who have graduated from eligible Canadian Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) to obtain an open work permit and gain valuable Canadian work experience. Skilled Canadian work experience in National Occupational Classification (NOC) skill type 0 or skill level A or B that is gained through the PGWPP help graduates qualify for permanent residence in Canada through the Canadian experience class within Express Entry.
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The H-1B visa program permits a United States employer (“employer”) to temporarily employ nonimmigrants to fill specialized jobs in the United States. The Immigration and Nationality Act (the “INA” or the “Act”) requires that an employer pay an H-1B worker the higher of the actual wage or the local prevailing wage, in order to protect U.S. workers and their wages.
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USCIS announced clarifying guidance on how we determine whether an O-1B beneficiary will be evaluated as a person of extraordinary ability in the arts or as a person of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry when a case has elements of both.
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