Numerous companies can attest to the meaningful benefits they have received by hiring international students.

At a recent meeting, questions were raised about prevailing wage determinations for job offers involving combinations of occupations.

Some employers have learned the hard way that the role of representatives and attorneys is clearly separated in the PERM Rule and that violation of that rule may result in harsh consequences.

When filing an H-1B petition with the USCIS, a certified Form ETA 9035 (Labor Condition Application) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification is required to be included with the submission.

With the spread of the Coronavirus subsiding or at least holding steady in the U.S., many government agencies that are involved with U.S. immigration case processing are beginning to resume services.

On Monday, November 29, 2021, the DHS announced it will begin implementation of the Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law signed by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas on September 30.

The Department of State (DOS) recently released the first visa bulletin of fiscal year (FY) 2025 showing some moderate priority date progression across most employment-based immigrant visa categories.

The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) revised its Form ETA-9141, Application for Prevailing Wage Determination, for use beginning May 3, 2021.

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, a U.S. District Judge ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority when he issued his Proclamation 10052 on June 22, 2020

F-1 ‘Cap-Gap' Status, Work Authorization Extension No Longer Valid as of October 1.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions as of March 12, 2019.

Immigration regulations and policies have long held that foreign national truck drivers may qualify for admission as B-1 Visitors for Business to pick up or deliver cargo traveling in the stream of international commerce.

President Trump issued a proclamation on April 22, 2020 restricting the ability of certain foreign nationals from using immigrant visas (IVs) to enter the U.S.

U.S. immigration has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the temporary suspension of visa processing at U.S. consulates abroad, suspension of in-person services at U.S...

The Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration has released its updated list of occupations eligible for Québec's Simplified Labour Market Impact Assessment...

The Czech embassy in New Delhi, India, has implemented a new appointment booking system for nationals of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives applying for employee cards

In May 2023, the Spanish government gave the go-ahead to alterations in the EU Blue Card guidelines, as this mechanism had not seen much use in Spain before then.

As the job market recovers from the pandemic of 2020, employers will start to rehire, but, if applications for alien labor certification are contemplated, employers must recruit both new and laid off US workers who are able.

A controversy has been brewing at the Department of Labour over the exact wording for online Programme Electronic Review Management (PERM) ads.

Under the PERM Rule, employers are required to ‘go forward' with carefully drafted applications, and, like most agency laws, the Rule was created and exists solely by authority of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)