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I-9 audit surges continue: federal enforcement continues to target the construction industry

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

I9 audits continue to be a critical component in the worksite enforcement strategy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE

Living under the H-1b cap - alternative visa options and strategies for employing foreign nationals in the U.S.

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2012

The H-1B visa is commonly known as the “workhorse” of U.S. work visas as U.S. companies rely on it more than any other visa to employ foreign workers in the U.S

H-1B update: filing date approaches

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2012

Employers may submit cap-subject H-1B petitions again on April 1, 2012, for the fiscal year (FY) 2013 H-1B program

USCIS announces ‘Entrepreneurs in Residence’ initiative, summit; discusses EB-5 enhancements

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2012

As part of the Obama administration’s “Startup America” efforts to encourage high-skilled immigration into the U.S. under existing laws, USCIS Director Mayorkas announced the “Entrepreneurs in Residence” initiative to use “industry expertise to strengthen USCIS policies and practices surrounding immigrant investors, entrepreneurs and workers with specialized skills, knowledge, or abilities.”

AAO denies RC application to build resort suites

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2012

USCIS recently published an Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decision affirming denial of a proposal for a regional center designation

USCIS proposes EB-5 immigrant investor rule

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2012

USCIS published a proposed rule on September 28, 2011, that would enable the agency to process certain EB-5 immigrant investor applications approved between 1995 and 1998

USCIS announces several thousand EB-5 green cards issued so far in first quarter of FY 2012, releases latest stats

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2012

The Department of State issued 2,364 EB-5 green cards between October 1, 2011, and mid-January 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced at its quarterly EB-5 stakeholders meeting on January 23, 2012

USCIS seeks comments on draft L-1 templates

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks comments on draft request for evidence (RFE) templates for Forms I-129: L-1 intra company transferee (blanket petition, L-1A manager or executive, L-1A new office (first year), and qualifying relationshipownership and controldoing business

DHS extends TPS designation for El Salvador

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • El Salvador, USA
  • -
  • February 8 2012

DHS has extended the designation of El Salvador for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months from its current expiration date of March 9, 2012

USCIS considers allowing provisional waivers for immediate relatives

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2012

USCIS announced on January 9, 2012, that it intends to change its current process for filing and adjudicating certain applications for waivers of inadmissibility filed in connection with an immediate relative immigrant visa application