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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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Congress and the Future of Global Skilled Worker Mobility
The odds are very long that Congress will enact comprehensive immigration reform legislation in 2014, and the odds may not improve much in 2015. The optimism that surrounded the Senate’s passage of a...
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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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Critical employment issues facing multi-national employers
December 10, 2014 04:00 PM – 07:00 PM EDT McGraw-Hill Conference Space 1221 Avenue of the Americas 50th Floor New York, NY United States Dentons Global Employment and Labor group is pleased to...
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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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One week away: Critical employment issues facing multi-national employers
With one week left, click here to register for our CLE program on Critical Employment Issues Facing Multi-National Employers. December 10, 2014 04:00 PM – 07:00 PM EDT 1221 Avenue of the Americas 50th...
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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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Student employment authorization for certain foreign students in the US could...
Employment authorization for student visa holders could be jeopardized because the USCIS failed to properly publish its April 2008 rule with the required notice and comment. The US District Court for...
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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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Canada streamlines work permit process for talented skilled foreign workers
Intro: Certain skilled workers can expect their Canadian work permit applications (and Canada visa applications, where applicable) to be processed within two weeks—compared with the current wait times...
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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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Critical employment issues facing multi-national employers
December 10, 2014 04:00 PM – 07:00 PM EDT McGraw-Hill Conference Space 1221 Avenue of the Americas 50th Floor New York, NY United States Dentons Global Employment and Labor group is pleased to...
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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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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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Congress and the Future of Global Skilled Worker Mobility
The odds are very long that Congress will enact comprehensive immigration reform legislation in 2014, and the odds may not improve much in 2015. The optimism that surrounded the Senate’s passage of a...
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