The lottery for H-1B skilled guestworker visas will be getting an overhaul a mere two months before it takes place. A final rule released Jan. 30 by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services switches the order that the lottery is run to maximize the number of visas awarded to workers with […]
ICE Courthouse Arrests In New York Have Increased 1,700 Percent Under Trump, According To A New Report
29 Jan
by Foster LLP, on News
In the two years since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the country’s immigration enforcement policy has expanded: Where once Immigration and Customs Enforcement focused on removing undocumented immigrants with criminal records, ICE officers have now expanded their scope to target all undocumented immigrants, regardless of background. According to a new report […]
County officials: State list of suspect voters has ‘significant’ errors
29 Jan
by Foster LLP, on News
Lists of potential noncitizen registered voters, provided by the Texas secretary of state’s office for investigations into possible voting irregularity, contain a “significant” number of names that should not have been included, county elections officials said Tuesday. Many names will be removed from the lists as validly registered U.S. citizens, […]
It’s late-January, and now it’s time to turn our attention to the upcoming H-1B filing season. Each year new H-1B visas are limited by quota to 65,000, plus an additional 20,000 for candidates who hold advanced degrees from U.S. universities. Because the quota will be reached in the first week […]