by Frank Alvarado | Feb 11, 2021 | Immigration Updates, Nonimmigrant Visas, Permanent Immigration Visas
The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has proposed to delay the effective date of a Trump administration rule, “Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States.” The...
by Frank Alvarado | Feb 11, 2021 | Immigration Updates, Nonimmigrant Visas
On February 3, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rescinded PM-602-0142, “Rescission of the December 22, 2000 ‘Guidance memo on H-1B computer related positions.’ ” USCIS said its officers should not apply the rescinded memo “to any pending or new...
by Frank Alvarado | Feb 10, 2021 | Global
A change in legislation is consequential for European Union (EU)/Schengen travel to Belgium. A change in legislation, published in the Belgian Official Journal on January 26, 2020, and effective January 27, 2021, will have substantial consequences for EU/Schengen...
by Frank Alvarado | Feb 9, 2021 | Global
The type and number of self-employment (Lavoro Autonomo) authorizations available to non-European Union (EU) nationals in Italy are set by a quota decree (decreto-flussi). Not all self-employment categories are available each year. To qualify, the self-employed person...
by Frank Alvarado | Feb 9, 2021 | Immigration Updates, Nonimmigrant Visas
Many H-1B applicants were extremely concerned about the prior administration’s proposed wage-based section system that would disadvantage recent U.S. graduates and certain professionals in favor of applicants with the higher paid jobs. DHS has indicated it will delay...
