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Employers that want to hire H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 visa holders to fill their open positions must pay them at least the prevailing wage as set by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Additionally, employers that want to sponsor their employees for permanent resident status...
The I visa is available to individuals who represent foreign media, wish to come to the U.S. for such professional purposes and have an office in another country. The I visa is a specific type of visa, not to be confused with other visas based on employment. Here are...
The U.S. government doesn't just reserve its welcome mat to those employed in the fields of medicine, technology, agriculture and entertainment. It also has a route for those employed in the various fields of ministry to work in California and other U.S. states. The...
2020 was the year that saw new rules introduced by the Trump administration with the specific intent of restricting the H-1B visa program. These new regulations were an effort to restrict candidates for this nonimmigrant visa program to specialists: those working in...
When people hear about visas to enter the United States, tourist visas may come to mind. However, there are other nonimmigrant and immigrant visas that the United States issues, with employment-based (EB) visas being a vital component to the economy. Not all...
On November 19, 2021, USCIS announced that it had just completed a third round of H-1B visa lottery selection for Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Cap Registrants. This is the first time since the new online H-1B registration system started that a third round of selection...
On November 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released its December 2021 visa bulletin. While visas continue to be unavailable (or “U”) for regional center-based EB-5 investors, visas associated with the Direct EB-5 Program are available or “current”...
As a result of settling the Shergill et al, v. Mayorkas case against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there are critical updates to the process of obtaining work permits for E, H-4, and L-2 spouses. With these changes effective immediately, E-1...
On August 5, 2021, President Biden issued a Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to defer for 18 months the removal of certain Hong Kong residents who are present in the United States and have...
Immigration law in the USA, including California, involves past actions or orders that create hurdles in the immigration process. It can be stressful to find out that a loved one is inadmissible to the United States, but certain measures under immigration law could...