?Certain foreign workers will be able to apply to renew their visas from within the U.S., instead of having to travel abroad, under a pilot program the U.S. Department of State will... Read more »
?U.S. employers seeking to sponsor and hire foreign professionals this year need to start preparing now for the H-1B cap filing season that kicks off in less than a month. U.S. Citizenship... Read more »
?A worker shortage in the United Kingdom has raised demand for foreign workers and, along with it, concerns about mistreatment—even modern slavery. In early 2022, Sara Thornton, the country’s anti-slavery commissioner at... Read more »
?Undocumented workers can seek protection from deportation or other immigration enforcement if they are involved in labor disputes under a new policy issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The... Read more »
?Manually tracking immigration requirements with paper, Excel and Outlook reminders is common among small employers. Here is an overview of how to manually track immigration requirements and the warning signs of when... Read more »
?The Biden administration has reconfirmed its plans to reform the H-1B visa program for professional foreign workers this year—including raising the wages of those workers—as well as update regulations for the H-2... Read more »
?U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Jan. 4 proposed a number of significant filing fee increases for multiple employment-based immigration petitions and applications, in part to help fund soaring asylum claims at... Read more »
?More than 45,000 technology workers were laid off in November, among a flurry of workforce cuts made at high-profile companies such as Amazon, Meta and Twitter. And while losing a job... Read more »
?Eswatini, in southern Africa, has been added to the list of countries eligible to participate in the H-2 visa programs for agricultural or seasonal workers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... Read more »
?The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued new regulations amending the H-2A agricultural guestworker visa program, making changes to how prevailing wages are formulated, modernizing how the application and certification process is... Read more »
