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Friday, May 18, 2012
The government’s H-1B filing season for the 2013 fiscal year (FY2013) began on April 2, 2012, with a renewed surge in U.S. employer demand for professional workers. With an annual limitation of 65,000 H-1B petitions (plus another 20,000 for workers holding U.S. advanced degrees), the H-1B classification is a complex but useful tool for American...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
If your organization employs highly skilled foreign nationals, then you have probably heard grumblings over the past few weeks regarding the recent retrogression in employment-based immigrant visa cutoff dates for advanced degree or exceptional ability China-mainland and India-born workers. If the term “retrogression” is not part of your...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
In a unanimous decision earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court saw fit to criticize the Department of Homeland Security for overreliance on the discretion of individual officers in deportation proceedings. In Judulang v. Holder, the Court strongly admonished the agency, finding that allowing immigration cases to hang on “the fortuity of an...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Friday, January 20, 2012
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Monday, December 19, 2011
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
On September 22, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Legal Workforce Act, a bill that would require nearly all employers in the United States to use E-Verify, the federal online employment eligibility verification system. With numerous and powerful supporters, the bill could move closer to upping the ante on worksite compliance than any other...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
