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Entries from May 2008

It Pays to Consult Your Attorney: Monitoring Employer Compliance with Immigration Laws

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Many employers don’t know that there are several agencies charged with investigating compliance with immigration laws.  For example, the USCIS investigates violations of visa laws and immigration fraud, among other immigration issues.  The Department of Labor investigates prevailing wage violations involving nonimmigrants and alleged non-compliance with H-1B and PERM rules .  The Department of State investigates visa violations and fraud […]

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Will Congress Shorten the Line?: A Bill to Recapture Immigrant Visas

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

What the Government taketh, it can giveth back.  At least I hope so.
On April 23, 2008, Representatives Zoe and Sensenbrenner introduced a Bill in the House of Representatives that would recapture lost visas.  Many of you may be wondering, how can visas be lost? 
In a previous blog, I wrote about overall caps in the categories for business and […]

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