Completing the Form I-9 Among Continuing USCIS Delays The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been experiencing delays in processing applications due to COVID-19; because of this, employers may encounter employment authorization gaps...

Asylum Seekers Losing Jobs Due to USCIS Backlog Budget shortfalls, the COVID-19 pandemic, and insufficient staff have caused a considerable backlog of employment authorizations. This has caused some asylum seekers to lose their jobs while waiting...

Build Back Better Act Proposes Recapturing Unused Visa Numbers The United States House of Representatives has recently passed the Build Back Better Act, and this measure makes changes on many issues and among them are big changes for many employers...

Justice Department Announces Settlement with Clothing Retailer for Unnecessary Reverification of Employment Eligibility The Department of Justice (DOJ) has come to a settlement with a major clothing retailer concerning claims of violations of the...

Visa Programs that Can Help Employers with Labor Shortages American employers are facing possibly the greatest labor crisis of our time, with more job openings than willing and able workers to fill them. Many employers cite this shortage of workers...

USCIS Conducts Third H-1B Cap Lottery On November 19, 2021, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a surprise announcement with the results of a third H-1B third cap lottery for the Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B cap. In doing...

Employers Reach Settlement with the USCIS Over Arbitrary Denial of H-1B Petitions A class-action lawsuit that challenged the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) practice of randomly disapproving nonimmigrant employment-based petitions...

Completing the Form I-9 for Automatic Extensions of Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouse’s EADs The USCIS recently issued a new policy that applies to dependent spouses with an L-2 and E-1/E-2/E-3 status. This policy was issued on November 12, 2021 and...

DHS Announces Which Countries’ Nationals Will Qualify in the Coming Year for the H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, has announced the countries that will qualify for the...

How to Complete the I-9 for Remote Workers Employers use Form I-9 to verify the identity of the employees they hire and ensure they are authorized to work in the United States. All employers must make sure that each of their employees completes...