This
periodic newsletter features current developments in employment-based
immigration. It is designed to inform you of changes in immigration law
that may affect your business.
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- H-1B cap filings for FY2011
- TPS designation for Haiti
- New procedures for Prevailing Wage Requests
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- Final weeks to file H-1B numbers petitions for FY2010
- Delays in LCA processing
- Changes to Indian Business Visa Category
- USCIS/ICE expands I-9 audit initiative
- USCIS continues H-1B worksite visits
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- Diversity Visa Lottery
- H-1B numbers still available for FY2010
- USCIS hires private investigators to visit H-1B employers
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- USCIS has Hired Private Investigators to Inspect H-1B Visa Holders and Their Employers
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- H-1B Numbers still available for FY2010;
- New I-9 Audit Initiative
- Premium Processing Service resumes for limited I-140 filings
- iCERT Visa Portal System now in effect for LCA filings
- Predictions for Immigrant Visa number availability – FY2009 and beyond
- ESTA requirements now in full effect
- New passport requirements for travel to/from Canada
- E-Verify system requirement delayed until 09/08/2009
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- New Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) to go into effect 04/03/2009
- Employer requirements for H-1B layoffs
- Visa Waiver Program and the new ESTA requirement
- New requirements for the E-Verify System
- H-1B filings for FY2010
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- REMINDER: New I-9 requirements go into effect 04/03/2009;
- TARP Funding and implications on H-1B hiring requirements;
- Filing deadline for H-1B cap cases extended to 04/07/2009;
- iCERT Visa Portal System to be implemented 04/15/2009;
- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative goes into effect 06/01/2009; and
- Cap-gap extension of OPT for F-1 students
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- USCIS Revises Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification)
- Effects of Layoffs on H-1B Visa Holders
- H-1B Petitions in 2009.
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- The Diversity Visa Lottery Is Now Open
- Guidance for Employers Who Receive Social Security 'No-Match' Letters
- Update on New TN Regulation, Status Granted in Three-Year Increment as of 10/16/2008
- The U.S. Includes Seven New Countries into its Visa Waiver Program
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- New Rule Will Require Federal Contractors To Use E-Verify
- USCIS Has Begun Issuing Two-Year Employment Authorization Documents
- USCIS Publishes Proposed Rule To Increase Lengths Of Stay For TN Professional Workers
- DHS Announces Electronic System For Travel Authorization
- USCIS Announces H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Cap Reached
- New USCIS Rule Extending OPT for Some F-1 Students Working for Employers Enrolled in E-VERIFY
- New USCIS Rule Creating H-1B “Cap Gap” Relief Provision
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April 1, 2008
Today, April 1, marked the first day that U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) would accept H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2009.
On Monday, April 14, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a computer-generated random selection process to select which of the 163,000 H-1B petitions filed within the permissible window for fiscal year 2009 would be rejected as falling outside the fiscal year cap of 65,000 visas.
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- Now Is The Time To Initiate New H-1B Petitions For Fy2009!
- Citizenship & Identity Documents Required To Enter All Us Ports
- State Measures On Immigration
- Rosner Partners Wishes A Fond Farewell To Marin Ritter
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