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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Following the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden signed several executive orders related to immigration. And, as promised by the Biden transition team, the Biden administration has sent a sweeping immigration reform proposal to Congress, where the effort to pass the bill will be led by Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey. We provide below a summary of significant executive actions related to immigration, as well as a summary of the key points in the legislative proposal. We also s...

This article was updated on Thursday, January 21, 2021 to reflect new information. On January 20, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) withdrew from the Office of the Federal Register its January 15, 2021 Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B Program Bulletin and Wage and Hour Division Field Assistance Bulletin notices. The  notices, which were issued on January 15, 2021, revised the DOL's interpretation of regulations governing third-party employers' filing of Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B employees. The DOL withdrew the notices for process considerations and review of r...

On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) significantly reducing the number of people eligible for non-immigrant work visas, arguing that due to high domestic unemployment during the pandemic, “the entry…of certain aliens as immigrants and nonimmigrants would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.” This new restriction barred nearly 200,000 highly-skilled international workers — many of whom hold advanced degrees in STEM fields, and on whom U.S. companies rely to fill key talent gaps — from entering the U.S. As researchers who study immigratio...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In its waning hours, the Trump Administration announced comprehensive, burdensome changes to H-1B visa requirements for multiple firms across virtually all industries. Fortunately, however, the changes are set to detonate on a long fuse, i.e., by July 14, 2021, unless the Biden Administration, Congress or the Courts sooner intervene. The effects of these changes will be felt by every company that allows H-1B workers to perform services in specialty occupations at its worksite through a con...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Nearly one million lawfully present foreign workers are currently waiting to receive lawful permanent residence status (green card). This backlog is primarily caused by statutorily imposed numerical limits that cap the number of immigrant visas that can be issued per year along with a per-country ceiling that only allows 7% of the visas to be allocated to individuals born in any one country. The backlogs primarily affect those born in China and India. Such backlogged foreign nationals experience long wait times before they are eligi...