The Department of State published its August 2016 Visa Bulletin and it has a few impactful surprises. This is not good news for companies and foreign nationals. Indian and Chinese foreign nationals, as usual, are the hardest hit. Specifically, the historically open First Preference Employment Based Category (EB-1) retrogressed to January 1, 2010 for Indian
Proskauer Releases Survey Results on Value Insights: Delivering Value in Labor and Employment Law
Proskauer’s Labor and Employment Law Department is pleased to announce the release of its inaugural Value Insights: Delivering Value in Labor and Employment Law survey, a resource that includes input from in-house decision makers on labor and employment matters and provides in-house counsel with tools to both more effectively help their business partners achieve
TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2016: THE YEAR OF FEAR – RESTRICTIONS ON THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM (VWP) ESTA
On January 21, 2016, the United States began implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015.
Nationals of Visa Waiver Program countries who have traveled to or been present in Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria on or after March 1, 2011, will no longer be able to participate
L-1B Specialized Knowledge Visa Category Guidance Goes into Effect Today: Brave New World?
While the L-1B Adjudications Policy Memorandum published by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on August 17, 2015, effective as of August 31, 2015, has many positive components, petitioners and practitioners are much concerned.
The bottom line is that nothing in the Guidance “twists the arms” of adjudicators or strongly pushes them to change their