HLG produces a monthly ezine directed at employers who employ foreign national workers. It is free of charge and can be subscribed to at www.hammondlawfirm.com. The June edition was released yesterday.
http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/monthly/business-immigration-monthly-june-i-140-dol.htm
Today, the USCIS announced that on June 16, 2008, it will begin accepting Premium Processing Service requests for I-140’s filed on behalf of certain H-1b workers who are nearing the end of their sixth year limit. Although this particular program is rather limiting, it is welcome news and may signal the more widespread return of premium processing. Check out the USCIS fact sheet to see if your case may qualify for this new program.
HLG produces a monthly ezine directed at employers who employ foreign national workers. It is free of charge and can be subscribed to using a link to the right. The May edition was released last week.
http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/monthly/business-immigration-monthly-may-h1-rejected.html
The DOL announced today that all of the PERM filings made by the national law firm Fragomen will be subject to audit due to claims of the law firm being improperly involved in the rejection of U.S. workers. Given the vague nature of the regulation in question, this action could prove to be enlightening and provide a much needed drawing of the lines between the employer, alien, and the law firms’ roles in the PERM process.
Computerworld reports that the new OPT rules, which allow foreign-born students up to 29 months of US work authorization after the completion of their college education, are being challenged in Federal Court. the Immigration Reform Law Institute and The Programmers Guild claim that the new rules are little more than an effort to bypass the H-1B cap.