Rick Scott Issues Executive Orders on E-Verify
On January 4, 2011, Republican Gov. Rick Scott of Florida issued executive order No. 11-02, which effective immediately, directs Florida state agencies under his direction and any contractors or...
View Article“E” Visas for Traders and Investors
(Article written by Hector A. Chichoni, published originally by MoneyMarket.Com in February 2011)Throughout its history, the United States has entered into bilateral treaties of commerce, navigation,...
View ArticleI-9 Compliance Crackdowns
Reprinted with permission of the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org), Alexandria, VA, publisher of HR Magazine. © SHRM “I-9 Compliance Crackdowns Vol. 56 No. 2 2/1/2011 By Hector...
View ArticleUSCIS Issues an Employment Authorization Document with a “Built-In” Advance...
On February 11, 2011, The United States Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it had begun issuing a Form I-766 or Employment Authorization...
View ArticleI-9 Retention: How and What to Keep
Reprinted with permission of the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org), Alexandria, VA, publisher of HR Magazine.© SHRM I-9 Retention: How and What to KeepVol. 56 No. 22/1/2011By...
View ArticleExport Control Compliance and the New I-129 Form
Beginning February 20, 2011, employers filing the new Form I-129, and completing Part 6, to petition workers in the H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, and O-1A nonimmigrant categories, will have to certify, under...
View ArticleICE Auditing 1000 More Companies' Hiring Records
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), is expanding its investigation of 1,000 companies and, as part of that investigation, is asking them to turn over...
View ArticleNavigating the Barriers to Global Mobility
"March 21, 2011 at 1:39 pm by: HR Hero LineBy Hector A. Chichoni Because of tremendous advances in technology and transportation, companies are able to locate resources and skills in different parts of...
View ArticleSummer Will Be Sweltering for 1,000 Employers Caught in Latest ICE Crackdown
This article was originally published in Human Resources News by HR Hero (M. Lee Publishers). It is reproduced here with permission. Summer Will Be Sweltering for 1,000 Employers Caught in Latest ICE...
View ArticleE-Verify Launches RIDE Program to Include Driver's License Verification;...
On June 13, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched the Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE) program. Once fully functional, the RIDE program will enable the...
View ArticleUSCIS Temporarily Suspends the Use of VIBE in the Processing of H-2A...
On June 1, 2011, USCIS announced it was suspending temporarily the use of the Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE) for the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program. VIBE relies on...
View ArticleThe H-1B Visa Filing Deadline Is Almost Upon Us
The H-1B cap for Fiscal Year 2014 consists of only 65,000 regular visas, and an additional 20,000 are available to only individuals with advanced degrees from American universities. H-1B petitions for...
View ArticleH-1B Cap-subject Petitions Likely To Be Subject To A Lottery
On March 18, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS” or “the Service”) announced, based on feedback received from “stakeholders,” that it anticipates receiving “more petitions...
View ArticleThe U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announced that Has Submitted to the...
On March 21, 2013, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) announced that it submitted to the Federal Register a rule that will automate Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record. Form I-94 provides...
View ArticleCBP Publishes Interim Rule on Automation of Form I-94 Arrival/Departure...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today published an interim final rule in the Federal Register to automate Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record. Effective on April 26, 2013, the rule streamlines...
View ArticleIs OCAHO Gone Soft on Fines?
By Hector A. ChichoniThis is a brief report on some of the most recent, and somewhat surprising, decisions issued by the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (“OCAHO”) in connection with...
View ArticleUSCIS Announces It Has Reached The H-1B Cap
By Hector A. ChichoniToday, April 5, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that the H-1B Cap for the fiscal year 2014 has been reached. USCIS’s alert states that it...
View ArticleUSCIS Provides An Update On The 2014 H-1B Cap
By Hector A. ChichoniToday, Monday, April 8, 2015, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), issued an update on the 2014 H-1B cap stating that:"For the first time since 2008,...
View ArticleAlert: USCIS Corrects Form I-9's Effective Date of Use
By Hector A. Chichoni/>On April 9, 2013, USCIS published a notice of correction in the Federal Register to rectify a mistake made in its prior notice of March 8, 2013 in connection with the new...
View ArticleE-Verify 2012-2013 Update
By Hector A. ChichoniFrom an US immigration compliance perspective, 2012 was an extreme busy year for E-Verify. In light of the upcoming immigration reform, 2013 promises to be no less. The following...
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