United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses Form I-9 to verify and record employment eligibility for new hires. The current I-9 verification form expires and will be updated on October 31st, 2022. To simplify the form, DHS has proposed several changes to it, including:   Compressing Sections 1 and 2 from two pages to … Continue reading Form I-9 may undergo significant changes soon

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Authorized by the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017, the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) is an investment program that aims to update government  services in order to enhance customer service, cybersecurity, and governmental entities. The Fund plans on doing this by decreasing the amount of independent data systems used and by transferring all paper files … Continue reading PERM Modernization Project to Improve Case Processing

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Imagine being a Brazilian or Colombian citizen hoping to travel to the U.S. on vacation. Make your plans early because it could take six months or longer to get your visas. Likewise for the African business owner looking to travel here to secure important funding. The fact is that America’s backlog of unprocessed visas has … Continue reading U.S. Immigration and the Backlog of Visa Processing

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A number of companies in the semiconductor industry are grateful to Congress for getting a bill that strengthens domestic chip processing passed and off to the president’s desk. That’s a good step, but now they want Congress to start working on reforming green cards. The industry says it needs access to more highly skilled foreign … Continue reading U.S. Semiconductor Sector Wants Green Card Reform

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Each month the State Department publishes the Visa Bulletin, which summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for a particular month. You can track your priority date and your corresponding immigration preference category, and once your priority date is current you can apply to adjust status to permanent resident, which is the last step in the … Continue reading EB-3 Downgrade I-140 Petitions Guidance

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USCIS announced this week that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions needed to reach the 85,000 H-1B visa cap for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins October 1. This announcement means that USCIS will not run a second H-1B cap lottery this year. USCIS has updated the H-1B cap online system, and … Continue reading USCIS Has Reached FY 2023 H-1B Cap

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With the constantly changing landscape around COVID-related travel restrictions, is it important to find updated information prior to any international travel. As of right now, our current guidance is as follows: Before Departing the U.S. It is recommended to be fully aware of the COVID-19 requirements at your destination as they may differ from U.S. … Continue reading Current COVID-related Guidance on Travel to and From the United States

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As business immigration attorneys, we do a lot of work for companies looking to bring foreign workers into the country. We also represent those workers as they seek to get work visas and green cards. But immigration law goes above and beyond business needs. For many people new to the country, it also involves naturalization. … Continue reading U.S. Naturalization: The N-400 Interview and Exam

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One of the most important immigration bills put forth by Congress in recent years continues to languish in the Senate. The bill, known as the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA) will be beneficial to farmers and their H-2A workers should it ever become law. But at the time of this writing, passage was still not … Continue reading Will the Farm Workforce Modernization Act Pass the Senate?

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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has now become a key talent management, recruiting, and retention tool.  Employers must understand the immigration considerations for employees on various work visas.   What to know about H-1B Visas and Remote Work   The most popular work visa, the H-1B visa, already has regulations in place regarding a … Continue reading Remote Work, the new norm – What are the immigration considerations?

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