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US executive action promises important new immigration benefits for some
US President Obama announced on November 20, 2014 a series of executive actions to crack down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting felons not families, and require certain...
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H-1B Blast Off Countdown
T minus 84 days. The countdown has begun. The date is coming. It will be here soon. It is the biggest event of the year in United States immigration. Hundreds of thousands will apply, but only a...
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H-1B blast off countdown 2016
T minus 72 days. The countdown has begun. The date is coming. It will be here soon. It is the biggest event of the year in United States immigration. Hundreds of thousands will apply, but only a...
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Changes to Canadian Work Permit Categories for Television/Film and Performing...
The Canadian Department of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) has announced two new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exempt work permit categories for foreign nationals working...
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Byron Burger: A cautionary tale?
Popular UK “posh” burger chain Byron Burger has been at the center of a media flurry over the past week or so, as 35 members of its staff were rounded up and arrested in a controversial immigration...
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Criminal record check for Tier 2 UK migrants
From April 6, 2017, individuals applying to come to the UK to undertake certain jobs will be subject, along with any adult dependants (over the age of 18 years old) applying with the main applicant,...
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Green card processing times for employment-based immigration expected to...
Delays and increased processing times can be expected for employer-sponsored immigrants seeking green cards, based on a recently announced change by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services...
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Immigration briefing papers
This week saw the publication of two briefing papers—one by Bernard Ryan, Professor of Migration Law at the University of Leicester (for the Immigration Law Practitioners Association...
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Upcoming changes to visas between US and PRC aim to facilitate travel and...
Effective November 12, 2014, the US and the PRC will both increase the validity of business, tourist, student and exchange visitor visas issued to each other’s citizens. Chinese business visitors and...
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Verifying work authorization under USCIS’ OPT cap-gap rule
There are special rules that act to automatically extend the US employment eligibility of qualified F-1 foreign student visa holders beyond the period initially authorized. The rule that relates to...
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There are important exceptions that allow companies to bring foreign workers to the US even at a time when presidential proclamations have generally blocked many work visa programs and new immigrants...
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H-1B Blast Off Countdown
T minus 74 days. The countdown has begun. The date is coming. It will be here soon. It is the biggest event of the year in United States immigration. Hundreds of thousands will apply, but only a...
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