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WR Immigration News Digest
Former President Donald Trump’s election to a second term will reshape immigration law. What should employers expect, and how can they prepare? Top News Expansion of “Buy American, Hire American” Policies Employers seeking to hire foreign nationals may see higher scrutiny through more aggressive investigations and audits by the Department of Labor (DOL) and U.S. […]
Rapid-Fire Wednesdays Q&A | Post-Election Analysis for Immigration Programs | 11/06/2024
The transcript version of our weekly Q&A livestream for corporate immigration professionals By Kimberley (Best) Robidoux & Miki Kawashima Matrician 🔥 Question: What were the policies from the prior Trump administration on employment-based immigration? Response: The previous Trump administration largely focused on restricting immigration, including employment-based immigration. This led to a spike in requests for […]
WR Immigration News Digest
Top News E-Verify+ USCIS is set to unveil E-Verify+ for employers to have one secure location to store employees’ documentation and I-9 Forms, compare employees’ Form I-9 information against government records, and reduce data entry errors. Currently, E-Verify works with Form I-9 and provides secure 24-hour access, combating document fraud with a unique photo-matching feature. […]
5 Critical EB-5 Investor Concurrent Filing Adjustment of Status Issues
By Joey Barnett If you have questions regarding the following information, WR Immigration will be hosting a webinar on the 5 Critical EB-5 Investor Concurrent Filing Adjustment of Status Issues. For more insight on this topic, register for the webinar here! EB-5 green card investor rules permit certain nonimmigrants who entered with visas to file […]
WR Immigration News Digest
Top News Visa Bulletin for November 2024 DOS has posted the November 2024 visa bulletin. USCIS determined that for November 2024, applicants in all family-sponsored preference categories and all employment-based preference categories must use the Dates for Filing chart. Impact: Employers should follow USCIS instruction that for November 2024, all employment-based visa applicants must use […]
Canada Alert: Significant Changes to Intra-Company Transfer Work Permits
Canada has just made significant changes to the requirements to qualify for an intra-company transfer (ICT) work permit. This will have a major impact on many companies seeking to employ foreign national workers in Canada. Note that workers who are citizens of a country that has a free trade agreement with Canada will not be […]
2026 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery Opens Today
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DIVP) is a government lottery program that offers a straightforward path to obtaining U.S. Permanent Residence (green card). This program allocates 50,000 visas annually to applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States and specific education qualifications. The registration period for the FY2026 U.S. diversity visa […]
WR Immigration News Digest
Top News Annual Limit Reached in Employment-Based Categories Department of State (DOS) announced that it has issued all available visas for the (EB-1) EB-2, EB-3, EW (Other Workers), (EB-4) and unreserved EB-5 categories. Impact: All referenced Immigrant Visas for fiscal year 2024 have been issued so employers may experience delays in visa issuance for these […]
Exclusive New EB-5 Filing Data on Rural v. High Unemployment Area Demand as of April 2024!
By Joey Barnett WR Immigration has obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request new data related to the number of Form I-526E Petitions received by Fiscal Year, Beneficiary Country of Birth, and Investment Type. This shows total filings from 2022 until April 18, 2024. The last similar data was from November 2023, providing an […]
October 2024 Visa Bulletin Released – What It Means for EB-5 Investors
By Joey Barnett and Charlie Oppenheim The Department of State has just released the October 2024 Visa Bulletin, and it shows very good news for the new Reform and Integrity Act EB-5 program and for Chinese and Indians waiting in line under the prior EB-5 program. Here is some preliminary thoughts from WR Immigration on […]
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Employment Based Immigrant Visa Limits Met for FY2024 – Q&A with Charlie Oppenheim (Past DOS Chief, Visa Controls) Charles Oppenheim, WR Immigration’s Director of Visa Consulting and a retired U.S. Department of State Chief of Visa Controls, brings unmatched expertise from decades of managing the Visa Bulletin. His experience provides unique insights into the “how” […]
Breaking Immigration News for Employers
Annual Limit Reached in the EB-3 and EW Categories All legally available visas in the EB-3 (3rd preference) and EW (Other Workers) categories for FY 2024 have been issued. Embassies and consulates should have been allocated enough numbers for all applicants which were scheduled by NVC for their initial interview during the month of August or […]
