?Americans consistently rate nursing as the most trusted profession, yet health care providers continue to struggle mightily when it comes to recruiting people to fill thousands of open nursing positions. Now, that... Read more »
?U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it received 758,994 registrations for fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap-subject visas, setting a record—and raising questions about employer fraud. The agency selected 110,791... Read more »
?On April 28, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update on the FY 2024 H-1B electronic registration process. The electronic registration process was implemented in 2020, beginning with the FY... Read more »
?A majority of employers agree that modernizing the U.S. immigration system will boost economic growth, lessen labor shortages and ensure that the U.S. maintains a competitive edge in attracting and retaining global... Read more »
?There are myriad issues created during corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and many affect foreign national staff’s legal presence and ability to work in the United States. Most employment-based nonimmigrant visas (NIVs)—unlike... Read more »
?Eligible spouses of H-1B workers will continue to be allowed to apply for employment authorization in the United States after a federal district court upheld a 2015 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... Read more »
?The federal agency in charge of administering the nation’s immigration system should explore more efficient ways to improve services and save costs instead of raising filing fees so drastically, the Society for... Read more »
?Employers intending to comment on the proposal to raise filing fees for many employment-based immigration petitions and applications have a few more days to do so. The original comment period on the... Read more »
?The Biden administration is launching a task force to more thoroughly vet U.S. sponsors of migrant children and increase efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of child exploitation in worksites across the... Read more »
?U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rebounding from hardships experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, agency officials told the SHRM Employment Law & Compliance Conference 2023 in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27.... Read more »
