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Work Authorization
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Workforce Compliance Insights
E-Verify Program Set to Expire
The E-Verify program is set to expire 9/30/15 unless it is reauthorized by Congress (cue scary movie soundtrack). So what does that mean for employers who use E-Verify? Will you…
Immigration Blog
More I-9 Confusion for Employers from Three-Year DACA Card Recall
By Amy L. Peck, Michael H. Neifach
President Barack Obama’s executive order expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility and work authorization met a another roadblock when a federal District Court threatened to sanction the Secretary…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Final Day To Return Erroneously-Issued Work Permits
Today is the final day to return DACA three-year work authorizations issued (erroneously) after February 16, 2015.Helpfully, the USCIS has created an online tool for checking whether your work permit…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Work authorization for dreamers: a week of wonders and woes by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
It has been a week of wonders and woes for individuals authorized to work under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a special deferred action program implemented in 2012. The…
Employer Law Report
H-4 dependent spouses eligible for U.S. work authorization
By James Jensen
Effective May 26, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin processing applications to grant employment authorization for certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrant workers. The application for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against USCIS and DHS on Work Authorization
Last Friday, a nationwide class action lawsuit was filed against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for unlawfully delaying the adjudication of their applications…
Business Immigration Insights
Not Everyone Supports Expansion of Employment Authorization for H-4 Spouses
In February 2015 USCIS unveiled a new regulation permitting certain H-4 spouses to apply for employment authorization starting on May 26, 2015. This regulation has been well received by H-1B…
Latin American Blog
New I-9 Issues Facing Employers with Recently Legalized Employees
By Greg Berk
As more and more workers acquire temporary legal status in the U.S. and receive new work authorization, employers will be faced with the following common scenario. An employee has recently…
Focus on Regulation
USCIS Extends Eligibility for Employment Authorization to Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses of H-1B Nonimmigrants
By Aleksandar Dukic, Beth Peters, Anne Fisher, Deborah Wei, Lucinda Yeh
On 25 February 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published its final rule, effective 26 May 2015, extending eligibility for employment authorization to…
Workforce Bulletin
DHS Extends Eligibility for Employment Authorization to Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses of H-1B Nonimmigrants
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Robert S. Groban, Jr. and the Immigration Law Group of Epstein Becker Green recently issued an alert that will be of interest to technology, media, and telecommunications employers. On February 24, 2015, the Department…