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The United States Department of State (DOS) has released its March 2008 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cut-offs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and cons... more
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USCIS Issues Memorandum Revising Previous Guidance Regarding FBI Name Checks
On February 4, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memorandum modifying its existing policy r... more
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On January 7, 2008, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty issued an executive order that will require vendors and subcontractors that have entered into a contract with the state of Minnesota that is worth more than $... more
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On April 1, 2008, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting cap-subject H-1B petitions that request an employment start date of October 1, 2008 (the first day of the 2009 fiscal... more
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Starting January 1, 2008, employers operating in Arizona under a business license issued in that state are required to comply with the Legal Arizona Workers Act. This Immigration Alert briefly describes the Arizona law.
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The United States Department of State (DOS) has recently implemented usage of the Petition Information Management System (PIMS) at U.S. consular posts. Under the new system, I-129 H, L, O, P, and Q petitions re... more
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The United States Department of State (DOS) has released its January 2008 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and consular immigrant v... more
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in a Federal Register notice dated November 26, 2007, that employers must transition to a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) no later than Decembe... more
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The United States Department of State (DOS) has released its December 2007 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cut-offs that regulate the flow of adjustment of status (AOS) and c... more
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On November 7, 2007, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that a revised Form I-9 is now available. USCIS is encouraging employers to begin using the revised Form I-9 immediately. Use of the ... more
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On November 1, 2007, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule removing the requirement that certain H and L nonimmigrants (including dependents in H-4 and L-2 status) returni... more
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On October 10, 2007, the District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule on Social Security no-match ... more
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The United States Department of State (DOS) has released its October 2007 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cut-offs that regulate the flow of Adjustment of Status (AOS) and consular immigrant ... more
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On Friday, August 31, a federal judge blocked the government’s implementation of a new regulation addressing how employers should respond to so-called “no match” letters issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA... more
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On Friday, August 10, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final regulation requiring employers to take certain actions with respect to employment eligibility upon receipt of a Social Security No-Match Let... more
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The United States Department of State (DOS) has released its August 2007 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cut-offs that regulate the flow of Adjustment of Status (AOS) and consular immigrant v... more
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On May 17, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule on substitutions and other labor certification issues that will become effective on July 16, 2007. Labor certification, sometimes known as “PERM,”... more
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On July 2, 2007, in an unexpected and unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of State revised the previously published July 2007 Visa Bulletin to indicate that immigrant visa numbers will not be available in the employ... more
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective July 2, 2007, it will temporarily suspend Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. ... more
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The United States Department of State (DOS) has released its July 2007 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin sets out per-country priority date cut-offs that regulate the flow of Adjustment of Status (AOS) and consular immigrant vis... more
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As part of its ongoing strategy to tackle the issue of illegal workers throughout Europe, the European Commission last week presented its proposal for a Directive on sanctions against EU employers who hire illegal worke... more
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USCIS Sets Revised Fee Schedule Effective July 30, 2007
On May 29, 2007, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new fee schedule for immigration applications and petitions that will... more
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On May 17, 2007, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule on substitutions and other labor certification issues that will become effective on July 16, 2007.
End to Labor Certificati... more