Effective May 21, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has expanded the Work Permit category of Emergency Repair to include the provision of repairs and maintenance on out-of-warranty equipment. The significance of this change is that this classification is exempt from the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) requirement, which often […]
Robert F. Loughran is a partner at Foster LLP and is certified in immigration and nationality law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Loughran is a veteran and pioneer of the business immigration field with over two decades of experience representing multinational companies and advising investors and ultrahigh net […]
On Tuesday, May 26th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit declined to lift a February 2015 temporary injunction halting both the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program that extends deferred action and employment […]
Prompted by a recent decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), on May 21, 2015, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) issued guidance clarifying that an amended H-1B petition is required when the H-1B employee’s work location will change to a location outside the metropolitan statistical area or area of […]