Immigration resources for modern teams.

USCIS announced on Feb 26, 2021 that they are extending flexibilities for filing I-765 (Application for Employment Authorization or EAD).

Think of your company’s immigration strategy and policy as a tool to attract the best talent and stay competitive in the market.

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to calculate “Prevailing Wage”, so you can hire a foreign national employee by sponsoring an H-1B visa or Green Card.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on January 08, 2021 published the new rule that was proposed on October 28, 2020. The new regulation, which attorneys and prominent critics say may violate the statute, will most likely be challenged in court. Further, the Biden Administration may place the rule on hold.

Planning to travel to your home country during the pandemic and are due for a visa stamping? You should make sure that the embassy in your country is accepting appointments for visa interviews. Foreign nationals traveling outside the U.S. who need to get a new visa stamped need to renew/extend an existing visa.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on December 03, 2020 that in compliance to the court orders, it will change the prevailing wages to the data as it is was on Oct 07, 2020. With this change, the prevailing wages for speciality occupation will go back to where they were prior to October 08, 2020.

On Tuesday (Dec 01, 2020), a federal judge in San Francisco struck down two Trump administration policies. These policies required employers to pay foreign workers on H-1B visas significantly higher wages and narrowed eligibility for the program.

USCIS announced on October 16, 2020 that effective October 19, 2020 the cost for Premium Processing has gone up from $1,440 to $2,500 for all non-immigrant visa categories. This change comes as a part of Congress approved Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 & Other Extensions Act signed into law on October 1, 2020.

President-Elect Biden has pledged that in his first 100 days in office, his administration will work on immigration initiatives by launching some proposals immediately and by working on new regulations or Congressional actions. Here are some of the employment-immigration initiatives included in the proposal.

The Trump Administration on Oct 28, 2020 proposed a new rule that would end the H-1B visa lottery process as we know it. This rule, if it were to go into effect, would allow USCIS to grant visas based on the highest salary levels. The proposed regulation may violate the statute, attorneys and prominent critics say.

The visa bulletins issued by the Department of State (DOS) each month are to show the availability and movement in different green card categories determined by education and experience levels and the country of birth. DOS published the November, 2020 bulletin a few days ago.

The H-4 EAD is the employment authorization document that the spouses receive to legally work in the U.S.