By Yueqi Yang and Dimitrios Pogkas, Bloomberg Big banks in the U.S., which have been seeking to hire more foreign workers in recent years under the H-1B visa program, are now being forced to reconsider their approach after the Trump administration made it harder to obtain the work permits. Eight […]
Daily Archives: February 26, 2018
USCIS Changes Policy on H-1B Petitions for Off-Site Workers
26 Feb
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On Thursday, February 22, 2018, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new policy memorandum notifying USCIS adjudicators of a change in USCIS policy regarding H-1B petitions filed on behalf of employees who will be assigned to work off-site, also called third-party placement. The new policy went into effect […]
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will stay out of the dispute concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for now, meaning participants will still be able to renew their status. The move will also lessen pressure on Congress to […]
By James Harkin, The New York Times LONDON – Procedures and processes, as everyone who has spent time waiting for permission to travel in authoritarian regimes knows, are what malevolent bureaucracies take refuge in when they wish to deliver a silent snub. The bureaucrats tell you: We are still waiting […]