BEYOND THE BASICS HR Solutions for US Immigration By David Swaim, a 30-Year Texas Board-Certified Immigration Attorney
Why Can’t We Get an H-1 Visa for Our Soccer Coach?
The fundamental requirement of an H-1 is the position offered must require at least a Bachelor’s degree or higher, or their equivalent. Note that the equivalent means experience which equals a bachelor’s degree from a university that gives people college credits for work experience.
USCIS Announces New Actions to Reduce Backlogs, Expand Premium Processing, and Provide Relief to Work Permit Holders
CIS Has Announced Significant Improvements to Try and Reduce Their Backlogs of Cases as well as Broadening the Types of Cases which Can Use Premium Processing to Shorten Adjudication Times This Will All Help to Make Cases Go Faster and Hopefully Make Life Better for Everyone Involved in the Immigration Process.
Secretary Mayorkas Designates Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status
and Security (DHS) today announced the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already residing in the United States as of March 15, 2022, will be eligible for TPS.
A Recent Trend in Employment-Based Petitions for Executive Employee Intracompany Transfers
</p> United States companies with a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate company, or a branch office, in another country may petition to transfer an Executive or Manager from the company abroad to the company in the United States. To qualify, the employee’s position must meet the definition of “executive capacity†or “managerial capacity†included in the […]
FY 2023 Cap-Subject H-1B Filing Season
The initial registration period for the FY2023 H-1B cap opened on March 1, 2022, and will run through 12:00 noon (ET) on March 18, 2022. After the registration period closes, and no later than March 31, 2022, USCIS will randomly select registrations from the ones it has received and will electronically notify employers and their attorneys if an employee’s registration has been selected.
Did The National Interest Waiver Just Get Easier?
</p> Last week we provided an article on updates to the adjudication of NIW cases. Today we highlight how this new guidance will help investors who apply for NIW petitions. It is important that investors that employ US workers appear to have an advantage now in these cases. The below paragraphs are from the article […]