Massive Employment-Based Immigration Changes Proposed: Retention Of EB-1, EB-2, And EB-3 Immigrant Workers And Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers

This has been a tumultuous year in the immigration space and it ends with a massive proposed regulatory change announced on New Year's Eve by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS):  "Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers".

This is a huge title with 181 pages of proposed regulations concerning employment-based immigration.  As a general statement, it will make policy into regulations and ease some of the pressure on employers and employees in their quest for a greencard. As stated in the summary:  "Many of these changes are primarily aimed at improving the ability of U.S. employers to hire and retain high-skilled workers who are beneficiaries of approved employment based immigrant visa petitions and are waiting to become lawful permanent residents (LPRs), while increasing the ability of such workers to seek promotions, accept lateral positions with current employers, change