According to the National Association of International Educators, while the Department of Labor’s new iCert Portal is in production use for LCA’s, the PERM application sectionwas not intended to be placed into use until September 1st, 2009. NAFSA iCert Summary But, according to an Immigration practice-area white paper from Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, the DoL [...]
[Continue reading…]UC-Davis Migration News on H1-B’s and the recession
June 5, 2009 By
In an excellent academic article, researchers at UC Davis summarize trends in US immigration over the last quarter. H-1B. On April 1, 2009, USCIS made H-1B visas available for FY10. There were far fewer employer requests than the 163,000 received in five days in April 2008 for FY09 visas. Some 65,000 H-1B visas, plus 20,000 [...]
[Continue reading…]PERM Recruitment | Assembling serious immigration reform this year, piece by piece
June 4, 2009 By
With today’s introduction (or re-introduction, really) of two immigration-related bills in the house, it is becoming clearer that President Obama’s stated intent to address comprehensive immigration reform this year is serious. The first piece, the reintroduced Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act, or AgJOBS, presents revised immigration policy aimed at changing the relationship between [...]
[Continue reading…]The States are passing immigration laws
June 3, 2009 By
With a 180-degree change of policy direction at the national level and all of our expectations of broad reforms from a new Federal administration, we often forget that there are 50 other legislatures passing laws that may affect immigrants and employers. The National Conference of State Legislatures produces comprehensive information about issues [...]
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