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USCIS Updates Guidance for F-1 Students on OPT and STEM OPT Eligibility

Littler on 9/4/2024

The F-1 nonimmigrant visa status allows noncitizens to study in the United States at U.S. colleges and universities. F-1 students may be eligible for off-campus employment under the following programs: Curricular Practical...more

E-Verify: What Manufacturers Need to Know

Shipman & Goodwin LLP on 8/6/2024

Most U.S. employers and workers have heard of E-Verify, but what is it? More critically, is it required for your manufacturing business? E-Verify is a free internet-based program, run by U.S. Citizenship and...more

Not Selected in H-1B Cap Registration? There Are Options!

Littler on 4/29/2024

Foreign workers fill a critical need in the U.S. labor market, particularly in the professional and technological fields such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To fill this need, U.S. employers...more

United States: Important Updates for Employers Regarding the H1-B Visa Lottery for Professional Employees (Open From March 6 - 22,...

Mayer Brown on 3/22/2024

To retain the best global talent, many US employers leverage the annual H-1B visa lottery to secure work authorization for new employees. It allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require a...more

FY2024 H-1B Lottery Details Announced

Stinson LLP on 2/2/2023

On January 27, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B lottery will open on March 1, 2023 at noon EST and close on March 17,...more

Updated Guidance on O-1s Provides Helpful Reality Check

Dentons on 3/15/2022

Employers are experiencing incredible challenges recruiting for all types of jobs. Recruiting for that special “make or break” position – often for a C-suite, technology innovator, or creative – has always been tough. U.S....more

June 2020 Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/3/2020

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing - USCIS has announced here that beginning the month of June 2020, it will again start accepting certain petitions for premium processing. Premium processing was indefinitely suspended as...more

Keep Immigration Requirements in Mind When Preparing Coronavirus Response Plans

Morgan Lewis on 3/5/2020

As employers prepare plans to handle possible alternate employee work arrangements in light of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, it is important to keep in mind how these plans and policies—including telework policies—may...more

UK Immigration: Government Publishes Details of New Points Based System

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/4/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The UK government has published a policy statement outlining the new Points Based System that will come into effect in January 2021 after the post-Brexit transition period ends. ...more

UK Immigration Update: Brexit and Beyond

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2020

The following alert is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place employees at a U.K. worksite. Seyfarth Shaw’s Global Mobility Practice hosts attorneys licensed to practice in...more

Recent USCIS Developments

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 8/30/2018

USCIS Extends and Expands Suspension of H-1B Premium Processing - Earlier this week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend the suspension of Premium Processing for all pending FY...more

Employers Should Begin Preparation for Opening of FY 2019 H-1B Cap

Cozen O'Connor on 1/25/2018

The beginning of the calendar year is the perfect time for employers to begin planning for the FY2019 H-1B cap filing season, which will begin on Monday, April 2, 2018....more

Rumored Changes To The H Visa Category

Dickinson Wright on 1/10/2018

Certain news reports have hinted that the pursuant to President Trump’s “Buy America, Hire America” Executive Order of April, 2017, the Trump Administration is considering changes to the H Visa Program. ...more

Overhaul of H-1B Visa Program Expected in Response to "Buy American and Hire American" Order

Littler on 7/6/2017

The White House has been working with the Department of Justice to formulate changes to the H-1B visa program pursuant to the administration’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order. The H-1B visa program is a...more

Buy American and Hire American and the H-1B Lottery

Franczek P.C. on 4/19/2017

On April 18, President Trump signed an Executive Order labeled the “Buy American and Hire American” initiative. Federal agencies are already subject to certain laws and regulations which require or give preference to American...more

Will the New Executive Administration Impact the H-1B Lottery?

Franczek P.C. on 12/15/2016

Human Resources professionals with U.S. companies that are reliant upon skilled foreign workers often spend the last few months of the calendar year and the beginning of the new calendar year identifying individuals who will...more

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