Today U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) published a final rule increasing by 15% the required filing fee for requests for premium processing. The current premium processing fee is $1,225, and the new fee will be $1,410. The effective date is October 1, 2018. Requests for premium processing postmarked on […]
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Law Firm Required To Pay Over $100,000 In Penalties To Settle Discrimination Against Citizens And Authorized Workers
30 Aug
by Foster LLP, on News
Neetu Chandak | Contributor An international law firm will be required to pay $132,000 in penalties for discriminating based on citizenship, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Clifford Chance, an international law firm with its U.S. headquarters in New York, restricted staffing for 36 positions based on citizenship status […]
SUMNER, Texas — As part of an ongoing criminal investigation, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed criminal search warrants at a North Texas business. HSI also arrested more than 100 company employees on federal immigration violations who were unlawfully working in the […]
Expansion of Premium Processing Suspension for H-1B Petitions
29 Aug
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the suspension of premium processing for H-1B cap petitions would be extended from the original date of September 11, 2018, through the estimated date of February 19, 2019. Additionally, the CIS has announced that, beginning September 11, […]