Tara Vance is a Senior Counsel and Neal Beaton is a
Partner in the
New York office.
Costs and Liabilities Associated with Being Noncompliant, or
Being Perceived as a Noncompliant Employer, Can Be Expensive and
Frustrating
HIGHLIGHTS:
- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fraud
Detection and National Security Division recently announced that it
is expanding worksite inspections to include employers of L-1 visa
holders.
- In general, worksite inspections are not an indication that
there is a problem. Instead, they are often random and usually
employee-specific rather than designed to inspect all foreign
workers in general.
Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Fraud Detection and National Security Division announced that it is
expanding worksite inspections to include employers of L-1 visa
holders. Worksite inspections are, at least in most instances,
random and unannounced and serve the purpose to detect fraud.
