Health care employers in many areas of the U.S. continue to have difficulty recruiting physicians to meet patient needs.
One option that may be useful to health care employers when
Continue Reading J-1 Waivered Physicians: Meeting Patient NeedsIt’s That Time of Year Again: Make Your Plans for the H-1B Lottery
At the start of each year, we kick off H-1B Cap Season by working with U.S. employers to prepare for registration in the upcoming lottery.
U.S. employers interested in sponsoring
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Happy New Year and Happy H-1B Cap Season!
Now is the time for US employers to prepare for registration in the H-1B Cap Lottery.
Readers may recall that H-1B Temporary
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USCIS issues Policy Guidance on Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses
On November 11, 2021 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and its litigation partners Wasden Banias and Steven Brown, announce the historic settlement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in
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BREAKING NEWS: Changes to Work Authorization for H-4 and L-2 Spouses
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making “structural changes” to work authorization for H-4 and L-2 spouses. The changes result from an agreement settling litigation brought against the agency
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BREAKING NEWS: Biden Revokes Revokes Proclamation 10014 and Sections 1 of Proclamation 10052, and Proclamation 10131/Issues Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States
This evening, February 24, 2021, President Biden posted his Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States. This new proclamation revokes the ones issued under the previous
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Trump Rule Restricting H-1B Visas Halted by Biden – Good News for H-1B Employers
Yesterday, January 20, 2021, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a memorandum regarding review of pending regulatory actions which directs, in part, that (1) all rules pending at
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Get Ready for H-1B Cap Season, With or Without Changes
Following up on its November announcement, last week USCIS issued a Final Rule to change the way cap-subject H-1B petitions are selected.
The Final Rule (which is unchanged from the
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Meeting Patient Needs with J-1 Waivered Physicians
We hear the reports daily. COVID-19 cases are spiking nationwide. Hospitals and health care facilities are at maximum capacity. Even with progress toward the availability of a vaccine, it’s not
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Selection in the H-1B Cap Lottery if the Proposed New Process Takes Effect?
On November 2, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announcing its plan to drastically change the way USCIS selects the H-1B Cap registrations
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