USCIS Releases New Guidance Concerning Employment Authorization for Spouses of H-1B and L-1 Workers
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency (USCIS) has released new guidance for spouses of skilled workers to ease the process...
Asylum Seekers Sue USCIS in Order to Force Agency to Process Work Authorizations Faster
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency is facing a lawsuit claiming that their delay in processing applications is illegal. A group of...
Three Recent Settlements Show the Importance of Compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act
Recently, three separate lawsuits regarding discrimination have been settled by the U.S. Department of Justice (D.O.J.) as well as the Department...
Federal Court in Minnesota Finds that California Labor Code Section 925 Renders Choice of Law Provision Unenforceable
The California Labor Code has proven to be a powerful tool for exiting employees seeking to escape from non-compete covenants....
USCIS Adopts Changes for H-4 and L-2 Spouses
In response to a recent lawsuit, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be implementing new policies to improve the issuance of work authorizations for non-immigrant H1-B and L-1...
DHS Announces Which Countries’ Nationals Will Qualify in the Coming Year for the H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs
The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, has announced the countries that will qualify for the...
What to Do in Case of Lost Form I-9 Documents
It has happened to many employers. A worker walks in and presents a receipt for a missing or damaged document and asks for time to get a new document from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)....
What Employers Need to Know About an H-1B Visa
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been experiencing delays in processing applications due to COVID-19; because of this, employers may encounter employment authorization gaps as well...
Hiring from the International Workforce
When U.S. employers struggle to find enough skilled domestic workers, they can hire skilled workers from a global employment market through tools provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,...
What to Do in Case of Missing or Incomplete I-9 Forms
Due to the complex and ever-shifting employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) regulations, employers may find that they have missing or incomplete I-9 forms. As such, employers often wonder...