DALLAS — Immigration agents have arrested nearly 300 people at a North Texas technology company in what authorities say is one of the largest enforcement actions of its kind in a decade. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says federal agents arrested 280 workers Wednesday at CVE Technology Group in Allen, […]
Dominican national pleads guilty to fraud in ICE HSI Boston document and benefit fraud case
2 Apr
by Foster LLP, on News
BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in federal court in Boston as the result of an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) federal Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force investigation into a conspiracy involving the use of fraudulent driver’s licenses to […]
BRAZIL — Visa-Exempt Travel for Australian, Canadian, U.S. and Japanese Citizens
2 Apr
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
Effective June 17, 2019, nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States will be able to travel to Brazil without a visa for stays up to 90 days as a visitor. Visitors to Brazil without a visa may: 1. Vacation, engage certain business activities, transit through Brazil, participate in […]
Companies Have Paid $5 Billion in Government-Mandated Fees to Hire H-1B Visa Holders Since 1999. Arlington, VA – A new report by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), an Arlington, Va.-based policy research group, finds H-1B visa fees paid by employers have funded nearly 90,000 college scholarships for U.S. […]