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03/03/2022

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11/05/2021

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02/02/2021

I think you will appreciate that the realm of immigration is going to be a new adventure.

The tug of war between the outgoing Trump administration and incoming Biden regime (the difference between the two terms is deliberately chosen and is not a coincidence), reached their [temporary?] climax over the month ...

01/08/2021

A good primer for employers and employees subject to the need to obtain H-1B status.

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01/08/2021

The expectation of the coming of a Biden junta will still be difficult to obtain an ability to increase the number of work visas into the USA, especially H-1B, H-2B, L-1, etc.

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01/04/2021

The election of 2020 is still yet undetermined, regardless of what turncoats like Mark Zuckerberg would tell you. That being said, the list of proposals of immigration practitioners to deregulate the immigration system in the U.S. includes some very good and overdue ideas.

These 30 deregulatory actions would lessen the costs of America’s outdated immigration laws. The results would be greater freedom and prosperity for both immigrants and Americans who rely on them.

01/04/2021

U.S. DOS has been more than silly in treating incoming medical students seeking a J-1 exchange visas, to fit study-residency programs lasting 3-7 years, the same as someone coming to a six-month language school. More than silly.

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01/04/2021

Those applicants for permanent visas whose temporary visas expire in 24 months can be granted waivers from any future interviews by USDOS at a foreign consulate or embassy.

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12/21/2020

Led by Marxist Congresswoman Prayamila Jayapal (D-WA), the Left plan to go far, far beyond fairness or humanness for immigrants in a Biden regime, straight into a virtual open-ended, limitless system for admitting both legal and illegal immigrants, and eliminating any immigration enforcement. They show that they are not interested in anything but destroying American sovereignty.

Progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives are gearing up to demand a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system when the Biden administration and a new Congress are in place early next year. This reform effort will go beyond reversing the Trump administration’s extreme anti-...

12/21/2020

The new USCIS policy on H-2B, as part of a new bill about to be passed through Congress, will require businesses with more than 50 employees not to have over 50% foreign H-1B visa work permit holders, barring further petitions if that employer does. Most of the immigration bar will complain. It actually seems to make sense to me.

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12/21/2020

USCIS is revising their policies in their Policy Manual so as to give their agents greater discretion to make decisions on applications for green cards and asylum without resorting to an interview.

12/21/2020

The new notices don’t change as much as once said. H-2B visas cannot be granted without a certification of labor certification by the employer. That was always the legal requirement, and it only now has more rigorous requirements to fit proposed wages within the status of “prevailing wage” within the employer’s regional area, as defined by the Department of Labor-certified agency. That protects Americans and legal residents, so that our industrial labor force is rebuilt.

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