Is your company I-9 compliant or complicit? With governmental workplace audits and raids on the rise, all businesses must be extra vigilant their I-9s are compliant. Failure to comply subjects a company to massive fines and possible criminal prosecution. Our attorneys have tremendous expertise auditing hundreds of thousands of I-9s, conducting training for human resource
Form I-9 Immigration and Employment Law Alert: The Time is Now for a Proactive Audit
ICE workplace audits are on the rise. And if you didn’t know, the federal government and California are not harmonious in their views on immigration issues. That means that ICE raids on California employers are likely to continue, especially in target industries such as hospitality, construction, agriculture, tech, and manufacturing. And if you want to
Employers Beware: ICE Is Ramping Up I-9 Audits to Record Levels
More than 5,200 businesses around the country have been served with I-9 inspection notices since January in a two-phase nationwide operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in what appears to be the largest I-9 inspection action ICE
USCIS launches new E-Verify Website
Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the launch of a new and expanded E-Verify website, E-Verify.gov. The website, which is in both the English and Spanish languages, includes sections for Employers, Employees, About E-Verify and myE-Verify. E-Verify is a web-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees
Possible Government Shutdown: Immigration Consequences For Employers And Their Foreign National Employees
If Congress cannot resolve FY2018 funding issues by December 8, 2017, it will result in another federal government shutdown. Such a shutdown will impact immigration services across a number of different government agencies, affecting many of the systems and processes employers rely on to facilitate employment, including E-Verify, visa petition processing, labor certifications and other
ICE Levies Largest Settlement Ever: Asplundh Tree Expert Co To Pay $95 Million
Asplundh Tree Expert Co., one of the largest privately owned corporations in the country, with 30,000 employees and 3.5 billion in annual sales, according to Forbes, has been ordered to pay $95 million in the largest fine against a company for hiring thousands of immigrants who did not have permission to work in the U.S.,
The new redesigned Permanent Resident Card (“Green Cards”) and Employment Authorization Document
On May 1, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services began issuing redesigned versions of the Permanent Resident Card (aka a “Green Card”) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project.
The redesigned cards use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security features to create cards that are highly
Immigrant Visa Processing Changes – EB1 China/India will become current; EB2/3 India and China continue to advance; EB2/3 Worldwide will remain current; Visa Office on Priority Dates, Demand, and Predictions
In our continuing series of reports, Charles (“Charlie”) Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, shares his most recent analysis of current trends and future projections for the various immigrant preference categories with AILA (the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association).
Below are highlights from the most recent “check-in with Charlie”
Revised Form I-9 Now Available
USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on July 17. Employers can use this revised version or continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 11/14/16 N through Sept. 17, 2017. On Sept. 18, 2017 and thereafter employers
New I-9 Form To Be Released July 17, 2017
On July 12, 2017 USCIS announced that it will release a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on July 17, 2017. This new edition of the form, which will bear a revision date of 07/17/17 N, will become mandatory on September 18