Kane County Bar Association’s Immigration Seminar
On Thursday May 4th I’ll be speaking at the Kane County Bar Association 2017 Immigration Seminar. My topic is “An Overview of Business Immigration with Relevant Updates in the Areas of Work Visas, International Students and Permanent Residency”. Where: FONA International, 1900 Averill Road, Geneva, IL. From 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. Hot Topics include: What is Coming […]
U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS) & Department of Labor (DOL) Announce Further Measures to Detect H-1B Fraud & Tighten Rules
U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS) & Department of Labor (DOL) Announce Further Measures To Detect H-1B Visa Fraud & Tighten Rules While the H-1B petitions submitted for the lottery this cap season were still in transit to the USCIS, both the USCIS and the DOL announced several measures aimed at detecting H-1B visa […]
BE PREPARED FOR LIKELY H-1B VISA CHANGES
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at Freedigitalphotos.net This year’s H-1B season has many of us nervously watching President Trump’s moves. Last week the President signed executive orders to build his promised wall at the border with Mexico and to find and deport unauthorized immigrants. A third executive order last Friday barring refugees and travelers from […]
How It All Started…And My Thanks
In weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I want to thank you for your faith in me and for letting me help you support your foreign national employees. Helping foreign nationals has been a passion of mine from the time I was in college. When I went to Boston University for my undergraduate studies, many foreign […]
USCIS to Raise Fees December 23, 2016
The United States Citizens and Immigrations Services (USCIS) agency has announced filing fee increases effective December 23, 2016. The average increase is 21%, but the increases range from 8% to 41% depending on the form. What can you do? If you are planning to file a form in the near future, please contact me as […]
Proposed Rule Offers New Hope for Foreign Entrepreneurs
A new proposed rule represents a hopeful change for foreign entrepreneurs looking to stay in the U.S. to start and grow their businesses. Currently the only routes for foreign entrepreneurs to obtain a visa involve huge risk. Those routes, via a Treaty E visa or the EB-5 visa program, require applicants to make significant […]
Form I-9 Gets Smart
Have you ever had an employee come to you to say that the Form I-9 documentation they gave when you hired them 5 years ago was not correct? Maybe they are coming forward now with the correct documents. Maybe they are just alerting you. Either way, you get an uneasy feeling. Because you know this […]
What Graduating Foreign Nationals Need to Know
The month of May brings graduation ceremonies and celebrations across the United States. For many foreign national students, this is both a time to cherish their new degree and to manage their transition from student visa to work permit. It comes as no surprise that this transition requires close attention in the era of the […]