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Business Immigration Expectations Under a Second Trump Administration

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With the re-election of former President Donald Trump, employers and international investors should prepare for significant changes in U.S. immigration policies. Based on his first term, campaign promises, and recent...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Business Immigration 2025: What To Expect from the New Administration

The U.S. President-elect has placed immigration at the forefront of his campaign agenda, and it is expected that U.S. corporations and the business community will experience increased challenges when seeking to hire and...more

Maynard Nexsen

Nonimmigrant Visas 101 for Employers

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As employers look to enhance and strengthen their workforce, nonimmigrant visas can offer opportunities for hiring foreign national employees at all levels. When employers learn that applicants will need sponsorship for work...more

Mayer Brown

Mergers & Acquisitions: When Two Companies Tie the Knot, Who's Responsible for the Visas?

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At A Glance - When an organization undergoes a major corporate change, such as a merger or acquisition, there may be immigration consequences for both the organization and foreign workers, depending on the nature of the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Victory for H-1B Visa Spouses: U.S. Court Upholds Work Authorization

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On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a rule allowing the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the United States. In doing so, the Court rejected a longstanding challenge...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The Cost of Sponsoring Foreign Talent: Can U.S. Employers Recoup the Fees?

The sponsorship of temporary, nonimmigrant work visas and U.S. permanent residence can be a tremendous lure for U.S. employers to attract and retain foreign talent— but it comes with a large price tag. Is a U.S. employer...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Top Five H-1B Cap Post-Season Considerations for Employers

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Congratulations, your company (literally) won the lottery! At this point, you have either filed your respective H-1B cap-subject petitions or are working to file those petitions recently selected in the second round of the FY...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Second USCIS FY 2025 Cap Lottery: A New Opportunity for H-1B Applicants

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In a significant development for H-1B visa hopefuls, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed a second lottery for the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B cap. The H-1B program enables U.S. employers to...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

USCIS H-1B Second Lottery, Those Who Play to Win, and the Lurking H-1B Rule

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On July 30, 2024, the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) announced it would conduct a second lottery to reach the FY 2025 regular cap numerical allocation....more

CDF Labor Law LLP

USCIS Conducts a Second H-1B Lottery Draw

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​​​​​​​On August 1, 2024 UCSIC conducted a second draw from the H-1B lottery pool. Federal law authorizes the issuance of 85,000 new H-1 visas per year....more

Dickinson Wright

Healthcare in Crisis: Exploring Immigration as a Vital Solution for the United States

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Previously published in Healthcare News and Healthcare Michigan. A recent commentary offers a stark glimpse into future healthcare demands (Harris & Marshall, 2024). During the first two years of the pandemic, the U.S....more

Harris Beach PLLC

Demystifying the 2025 H-2B Visa Program: What Seasonal Employers Need to Know

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The H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visa programs has traditionally been the “go to” visa option for employers seeking to hire foreign nationals coming to the United States to fill non-professional or non-degreed...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Wired For Success: How Recent Development in the Semiconductor Industry Can Shape Immigration Programs

America runs on semiconductors, also known informally as chips. Chips are integral to the cars we drive, the planes we fly, the systems that defend our country, and the computers that every single industry, from manufacturing...more

Dickinson Wright

USCIS Fee Rule Update: Avoiding Filing Rejections

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The Final Rule published by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjusting certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees went into effect on April 1, 2024. This Final Rule included the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Upcoming Changes to Kramer Levin’s Immigration Tracker System and Results of the FY25 H-1B Lottery

Updates to Kramer Levin’s Immigration Tracker System Two-Factor Authentication for Tracker Beginning on Monday, May 20, 2024, Tracker will require “two-factor authentication” in order to access our immigration system. We are...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Not Selected in the H-1B CAP? Discover Opportunities in Canada: Exploring Alternatives for Talent Retention

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For many highly skilled international workers, securing an H-1B visa in the United States can be elusive. With this year’s lottery results announced, employers find themselves exploring alternative strategies to retain...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

H-1B Concurrent Employee: A Viable Option for Those Who Didn't Win the H-1B Lottery

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As the first round of H-1B Cap selections ended on April 1, 2024, employers began looking for options to sponsor highly qualified employees to fill positions of need. We outlined some options for those not selected in a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

H-1B Cap Rule – Did it Work?

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As noted in our post in February 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule updating the H-1B cap registration process and creating a beneficiary-centric selection process. The rule took...more

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

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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

Baker Donelson

USCIS Reminders: Increased Filing Fees, Additional Asylum Program Fee, and Extended Premium Processing Times

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USCIS published a final rule (the Final Rule) on January 31, 2024, increasing certain filing fees that went into effect on April 1, 2024....more

Mayer Brown

USCIS Fees Increase: Paying the Price of Admission to the United States

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On April 1, 2024, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) implemented new costs for many common immigration filings, resulting in a fee increase of 100% to 200% for certain benefit requests....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Alternative Options for Foreign National Employees Not Selected in USCIS’ FY 2025 H-1B Registration Lottery

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The H-1B Electronic Registration Selection Process debuted in March 2020 for fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions. The barrier to entry dropped significantly with the introduction of the electronic registration...more

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H-1B Lottery Ends: You’ve Been Selected! Now What?

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On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that its initial registration selection process, commonly known as the H-1B lottery, is complete. This means the USCIS has selected enough...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Immigration Options Remain for Employees Not Selected in the H-1B Cap Lottery

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed its annual H-1B cap lottery selection process for fiscal year 2025. Given the high number of lottery registrations and the fixed number of...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The FY 2025 H-1B Cap Selection Process is Completed

On April 1, 2024, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had reached the annual quota of 85,000 cap beneficiaries in the initial registration period for employment in FY 2025. USCIS has...more

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