US Employers: New Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 Released
Important for all US employers: USCIS released a revised version of the Form I-9 today and posted the following press release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the […]
Immigration Reform
3/7/2013 AP: Senators Look to Early April for : The Associated Press has reported that the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” might present their immigration reform bill after Congress returns from recess in early April. update 5/9/2013: In order to give a current overview over the immigration reform debate and its elements most hotly debated, AILA […]
Sequestration und konsularische Dienste
Mit den bevorstehenden Etat-Kuerzungen (unter dem Schlagwort “sequestration’ bekannt) werden Antragsteller amerikanischer Visen wesentlich laengere Bearbeitung- und Wartezeiten befuerchten muessen. So hat der Dachverband der amerikanischen Einwanderungsanwaelte bereits davor gewarnt, dass die US Konsulate weltweit Personalkuerzungen vornehmen wird und Visen damit nicht mehr so schnell erhaeltlich sind. Mehr denn je ist es daher anzuraten, sehr […]
Sequestration and Visa Adjudications
With the looming deadline before the automatic spending cuts take effect, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has issued the following practice alert: What will be the impact on visa processing at U.S. consular posts if, as seems likely, the automatic spending cutback (“sequestration”) takes place March 1, 2013, at 11:59 EST? While the exact […]
