Corporate Immigration

As an attorney representing health care facilities, many questions are raised by foreign nurses and their employers.

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Fighting Fraud: E-Verify Can Now Verify Driver’s Licenses

Posted on by Evelyne Hart

E-Verify was recently upgraded to include a driver’s license verification feature. This is significant because driver’s licenses are presented by more than 80% of new hires to establish their identity during the employment eligibility verification process.

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Department of State Increases Fees For Consular Processing of Visa Applications, Effective June 4

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The U.S. Department of State (”DOS”) published an interim final rule that raised the fees that U.S. consular posts charge for processing nonimmigrant visas. Prior to June 4 2010, the fee was $131 for all nonimmigrant visa categories. Under its new fee schedule, the DOS now charges varying fees depending on the visa classification sought.

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H-1B Visa Numbers Are Dwindling!

Posted on by Evelyne Hart

USCIS has announced that, as of December 17, 2010, approximately 53,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS receipted 19,700 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees. Taking into account the numbers reserved by treaty for nationals of Singapore and Chile (up to 6,800), there may be less than 5,000 new H-1B visa numbers available for this fiscal year ending September 30, 2011.

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