Highlighting WR Immigration’s continued commitment to service the Bay Area’s thriving economy and diverse, visionary talent, immigration attorney Melissa Harms will join forces with the firm effective January 1, 2022.
Meanwhile in Boston, WR Immigration has appointed Amanda Brown and Miki Matrician to serve as co-managing partners of the firm’s Boston office, effective January 1, 2022.
During our May and June webinars Charlie predicted many of the retrogressions which have occurred for August’s visa bulletin update. Below we will summarize the August Visa Bulletin for both Employment-Based and Family-Based schedules. Please register here to join us on August 23 @ 11am PT for our next live Chatting with Charlie. Employment-Based A Final Action Date has been imposed on the ROW EB-1 preference. The 01AUG23 date imposed for All Chargeability (Rest of World) EB-1 Final Action Date is essentially the same as the category being Current, and it would not be surprising if Department of State establishes a 01SEP23 date for September. The All Chargeability EB-2 Final Action Date advanced which is a positive sign, but the forward movement is not enough to provide any encouragement for the future availability of “Otherwise Unused” numbers becoming available for use by India EB-2 applicants. The fact that the All Chargeability EB-3 date has retrogressed for the third time in four months is a troubling sign for visa availability during FY 2024, and this situation will need to be watched carefully. Both the China EB-2 and EB-3 Final Action and Application Filing Dates have advanced which is a very good […]
WR Immigration is honored to have been selected to present two groundbreaking programs at the Worldwide ERC’s Global Workforce Symposium (GWS) this October. Charina Garcia, WR Immigration’s Strategy and Innovation Partner, is slated to moderate a tech-forward discussion focusing on the relationship between mobility technologies, well-being, and human connection. The panelists will explore GM and immigration management technologies promising to break down digital barriers and build human relationship. The panelists will also provide insights on the importance of technologies designed with an eye for employee ease and convenience, an essential ingredient for platforms that hope to inspire strong communication and collaboration between users. In the second program, Melissa Harms, partner at WR’s San Francisco office, will moderate a discussion on the emergence of LGBTQ+ inclusive global mobility programs. This exciting panel brings together leaders in diversity, including Suzie Chapman of SIRVA, and will spotlight the spectrum of issues that LGBTQ+, transgender and gender diverse/fluid populations face in the global mobility context, including relocating internationally to locations that criminalize transgender or sexual preference diversity; the process and impact of changing name or gender markers on national identity documents; and traveling and screening procedures for transgender and gender diverse/fluid people. “We are […]
