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Work Authorization
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Business Immigration Insights
Canada is Open for Business – An Overview of Canadian Business Immigration
The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains in power following last week’s Canadian federal elections. Despite losing a clear majority, Trudeau’s Liberals are still the largest party in Parliament…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
PA Law will Build on Construction Employers’ Duty to Verify Work Authorization
By Austin Wolfe
Effective October 6, 2020, Pennsylvania’s Construction Industry Employee Verification Act will require the use of the E-Verify system for all construction industry employers. The Act defines the construction industry as…
School Law
A “Heads Up” for U.S. Employers of STEM Optional Practical Training Workers: ICE Starts Conducting On-Site Inspections for STEM OPT Employment
By Brenda A. Eckert, Bradley Harper
The STEM OPT program allows foreign students who have graduated from a U.S. STEM-degree program to gain paid, on-the-job “Optional Practical Training (“OPT”) that supplements and directly relates to the…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Rescission of H-4 Work Authorization Is Delayed Until Spring 2020
By ByMelissaManna@ogletree.com, Lisa M. Taylor
Implementation of the rule rescinding H-4 work authorization has been delayed yet again. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the proposed rule is not expected to be published…
Immigration Blog
Oregon Employers Must Notify Employees of Upcoming Federal Inspections of Work Authorizations
By Amy L. Peck
The uptick in ICE investigations has Oregon requiring employers to notify employees of any upcoming investigation by a federal agency (such as a Form I-9 inspection) for records, forms, or…
Subject to Inquiry
Employer Update: DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status and Work Authorization for El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua
By Matthew Orso
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on March 1, 2019, an extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for qualifying individuals from El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua. DHS…
Business Immigration Insights
USCIS Submits Long-Awaited Regulation Eliminating H-4 EADs
On February 20, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) submitted its proposed regulation to remove work authorization for certain H-4 spouses to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).…
Immigration Blog
Litigation over H-4 EAD Rule Rescission To Move Forward
By Amy L. Peck
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has added Immigration Voice, a group that represents high-skilled foreign nationals, to defend the H-4 EAD Rule. Save Jobs USA v. United…
Café con Labor
Nuevos desarrollos en el estatus protegido temporal y la autorización de trabajo
By Glenn Rissman, Stearns Weaver Miller
View English Version Here En los últimos meses el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (conocido en inglés también como “ DHS” por “Department of Homeland Security”) les ha terminado la designación…
BeLabor the Point
New Developments on Temporary Protected Status and Work Authorization
Ver la versión en español aquí Over the past several months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El…