For thousands of American employers, the H-1B visa program is the primary vehicle for bringing in professional level foreign employees.
The H-1B visa allows workers in specialty occupations – areas that normally require a college degree – to work in the US for up to a total of six years….
It has now been revealed that the USCIS, formerly known as the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS), has indeed been thinking about changes to our immigration laws that can be made absent Congressional action.
The internal ‘discussion’ was never meant to become public, certainly not prematurely, and has evoked outrage…
On December 27, 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor published a new regulation for the department’s Permanent Foreign Labor Certification (PERM) program. PERM is the new way of filing labor certifications, eliminating the old two methods: RIR and the “traditional” DOL monitored system. The PERM program helps meet workforce…
Although Obama’s new immigration policy, a stopgap measure, is long in coming since Congress won’t act on Immigration Reform, I wonder why not broaden the policy to include both youth and adults. I’ve long been an advocate for immigration reform based upon several fundamentals. Any reform must be good…
One of the most commonly used visas for the new immigrant communities is the E-2 (non-immigrant) investor visa category. Nationals of countries, which have a treaty of commerce and navigation with the U.S., are allowed to live and work here so that they can successfully manage and direct a…
The following article was originally published in the Beijing Youth Daily (June 8, 2000), following Mr. Charles Bennett’s telephonic answers to public queries on F-1 visa. This article can also be found at the U.S. Consulate’s website. Mr. Bennett, who is a chief of the visa section at the…
Attention Foreign National Physicians & International Medical Graduates
Aren’t U.S. immigration laws ironic? These laws seem to apply more stringent standards on highly esteemed professions with clear shortages. The medical profession stands as a visible example of such shortages. For example, a recent issue of Business Week reports that the…
Recession Guide For Foreign Workers And Their Employers
In precarious economy, both the employers and employees feel the pressure to reduce expense and increase profit. Such pressure is even higher in foreign worker situations because the foreign workers’ immigration status depends on the specific employment. Typical situations that arise in…
Hiring Foreign Nurses
The shortage of nurse is a widely-open secret in the U.S. medical community. As immigration lawyers, we are frequently contacted by American health care facilities that are frustrated by the difficulty of finding qualified nurses and are looking for an alternative solution – foreign nurses.
The occupation of…