EXECUTIVE ORDER UPDATE – DEPARTMENT OF STATE ADVISES IT WILL NOT ISSUE IMMIGRANT AND NONIMMIGRANT VISAS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020
Quick Takeaways: Changes now in effect. Unless subject to an exception, U.S. Department of State will not issue new or...
UPDATE: CANADIANS, BERMUDIANS, AND ALL CURRENT VISA HOLDERS EXEMPT FROM LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER
Quick Takeaways: Changes now in effect. Canadians and Bermudians excluded from Executive Order by virtue of being visa...
UPDATE: WHITE HOUSE SUSPENDS ISSUANCE OF H-1B, L-1, J-1, AND H-2B VISAS FOR REMAINDER OF 2020
Quick Takeaways: Changes go into effect 12:01AM EST on June 24, 2020 and unless lifted or enjoined will remain in...
ALERT: WHITE HOUSE EXPECTED TO IMMINENTLY ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDER AFFECTING H-1B, L-1, J-1, AND H-2B VISAS
Quick Takeaways: No changes in effect currently. Proposed suspension of issuing H-1B, L-1, J-1, and H-2B Visas for the...
BREAKING: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DACA PROGRAM
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind...
ACTUALIZACIÓN - EE.UU. AÑADE BRASIL A LAS RESTRICCIONES DE VIAJE VIGENTES
Quick Takeaways: Effective 11:59PM March 26, 2020, recent visitors to Brazil will also be banned from traveling to the...
BREAKING: USCIS WILL RESUME PREMIUM PROCESSING AS EARLY AS JUNE 1, 2020
Quick Takeaways: Phased roll-out will begin June 1, full return expected by June 22 when all H-1B Petitions, including...
EL USCIS EMITE CAMBIOS DE POLÍTICA TEMPORALES PARA CIERTOS GRADUADOS MÉDICOS EXTRANJEROS QUE CUMPLEN CON LA OBLIGACIÓN DE EMPLEO DE LA EXENCIÓN J-1 DURANTE LA EMERGENCIA NACIONAL COVID-19
El 11 de mayo de 2020, el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (USCIS) emitió un Memorando de Política que introduce...
LOS NO INMIGRANTES H-2B QUE SE ENCUENTRAN EN EL PAÍS CON UN ESTATUS VÁLIDO PUEDEN PROLONGAR SU ESTANCIA MÁS ALLÁ DE TRES AÑOS DURANTE LA PANDEMIA
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) ha emitido una copia anticipada de una norma final temporal que se publicará y...
LAS EMPRESAS PUEDEN UTILIZAR ALGUNOS DOCUMENTOS DE IDENTIDAD CADUCADOS PARA CUMPLIMENTAR EL FORMULARIO I-9
Summary: Last week (May 5, 2020) we wrote that executing a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)...
LA CUARENTENA OFRECE A LOS RESTAURANTES UNA OPORTUNIDAD ÚNICA PARA LIMPIAR SUS FORMULARIOS I-9
Summary: The quarantine is creating havoc in the restaurant industry. Many places temporarily closed, others went to...
FINES, PENALTIES, AND BUDGET WOES
The 2020 federal deficit will likely top $3.8 trillion and, by 2022, will be approximately 106% of the Gross Domestic...