Covid-19: US Immigration News – What’s been happening so far
The following is a list of developments which have occurred over the last 10 days or so (the most recent are listed first), with links to reliable sources on each topic for further information: March 20: DHS Announces Flexibility in I-9 Verification Requirements:...H-1B Visa Quota for Fiscal Year 2020 opens on April 1, 2019
Notwithstanding negative media attention, bad odds, and more recently, Trump’s Buy American Hire American (BAHA) executive order ‘putting Americans first’, U.S. employers have continued to apply for H-1B visas in recent years, although numbers have been down: In April...News for 2019 H-1B Applicants
On January 31st, DHS published a final rule requiring H-1B employers to register online prior to submission of an H-1B filing, but thankfully this will not come into effect until April 2020, as we’re already well into H-1B season and trying to implement by April...US Immigration Updates: What’s Happening Now
International Entrepreneur Parole (IER) is now in force – for what it’s worth The current administration’s attempts to have the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) delayed and ultimately scrapped – it was introduced by President Obama in August 2016 –was rejected by...H-1B Visa Quota for Fiscal Year 2019 opens on Monday, April 2, 2018
The H-1B visa has received much media attention in recent years, mostly for all the wrong reasons, real or perceived. Despite well-documented bi-partisan efforts during the Obama era, there was no real reform of the H-1B category (apart from employment authorisation...Sign up for our newsletter and get the FREE eGuide
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