U.S. Waives In-Person Interviews for Several Types of Non-Immigrant Visas The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for the State Department to process visas which has resulted in a reduction in the number of visas processed. So, with the increase...

White House Announces 2022 Immigration Agenda Including Several of the Previous Administration’s Plans The current administration is continuing to work on some of the plans that were made during the previous administration to change the H-1B visa...

Washington Overtime Rules Could Affect Employers of H-2A Workers Hiring H-2A workers is never easy due to all the regulations employers need to follow. But, employers in the state of Washington may soon be needing even more of these workers. In...

Law Enforcement Warns the Public About Smash and Grab Identity Theft According to police in Plano, Texas, people should be on the lookout for smash and grab thieves. These theives are using the stolen items to steal people’s identity. They wait...

Are Major Changes in the Form I-9 on the Horizon? For more than thirty years, employers have been required by federal law to complete the Form I-9 in order to verify their new hires are authorized to work in the U.S. One of the central components...

The Department of Labor Rescinds Regulation to Increase Prevailing Wages The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule that rescinds the previous administration’s rule that would have soon raised the prevailing wage for H-1B, H-1B1,...

The Department of Justice Settles with Supply Chain Services Provider Over I-9 Violations The Department of Justice has recently announced that it has reached a settlement with a major supply chain services provider over allegations of discrimination...

New Bill Calls for End to OPT Program and H-1B Reform A bill that has been proposed in the House of Representatives called The American Tech Workforce Act wants to end the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. According to the bill’s proponents,...

Form I-9 Flexibility Policy Extended Through April 2022 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced an extension to its flexibility policy for the Form I-9 that was granted last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....

DHS Raid Finds H-2A Visa Used for Human Trafficking Recently, two dozen indictments were announced by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. The indictments came as a result of a long investigation into human trafficking that defrauded...