Author: Naomi Overstreet

Employers Reach Settlement with the USCIS Over Arbitrary Denial of H-1B Petitions A class-action lawsuit that challenged the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) practice of randomly disapproving nonimmigrant employment-based petitions...

What Employers Need to Know About an H-1B Visa The H-1B program allows employers to hire workers with specialized knowledge in fields where it is hard for employers to find enough U.S. workers. In this program, an employer can hire a foreign worker...

Complying with the Newest Immigration Rules The Biden Administration issued a Presidential Proclamation on October 25th, 2021, which will lift the travel bans currently restricting the direct entry of people from certain geographic areas into...

Certain Hong Kong Residents Qualify for Deferred Enforced Departure The President has recently granted certain residents of Hong Kong deferred enforced departure (DED) for a period of 18 months which will end on February 5th, 2023. This order also...

The DHS Is Looking for Input on Making I-9 Remote Review Permanent Verifying a Form I-9 isn’t easy, but it soon may get a bit easier because employers may get the permanent option to virtually verify the information on the form. On October 26th,...

Form I-9 Violations May Prove Very Costly for Employers A small transportation company was issued substantial fines for Form I-9 violations, and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of the penalties.   Employers are required by the...

According to the Department of Justice Employers May Need to Change Their Foreign Recruitment Practices Since 2005, employers in the US have used the PERM Labor Certification Process to act as sponsors for foreign national employees for Lawful...

An executive order signed by Florida’s Governor Ron Desantis will instruct state agencies to perform regular audits of employers’ workers to ensure they are legally permitted to work in the US. This new audit has been compared by many to...

Office of the Inspector General Tells USCIS E-Verify Needs Improvement  In August, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) submitted a report to the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) concerning the department’s...