WR Immigration Podcast: Chatting with Charlie December 2022 Webinar

Dec 21, 2022 | Human Resources Services, Podcast

Note: At the time of this recording, the January 2023 Visa Bulletin had not yet been posted.

The Visa Bulletin is complicated and Charlie Oppenheim, the former Department of State Director of Visa Control, will explain how to understand the Visa Bulletin and provide predictions on Visa movements. In this first webinar of our “Chatting with Charlie” series, WR Immigration Partner Charina Garcia talks about demystifying the immigrant visa backlogs with Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim. In this webinar, Charina and Charlie explain and provide predictions on potential visa movements and give an understanding of the Visa Bulletin.

Subscribe to the WR Immigration Newsletters

Start the RFP Process

Join the Corporate Benchmarking Roundtable

Request an Attorney Consultation

Data Security: Tips for How HR Managers Can Keep Company Data Safe

Businesses of all sizes are under constant threat from cybercriminals and malicious software. None, not even the world’s largest and apparently impenetrable organizations is immune, as recent headlines are rife with the latest victims of cyberattacks. On top of that, an increasingly remote workforce has multiplied data security threats –...

New $1,000 Parole Fee Announced; AOS Advance Parole Exempt

Effective October 16, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin imposing a $1,000 fee for individuals granted parole under INA §212(d)(5)(A). This new fee applies to most parole grants, including parole-in-place, re-parole, and humanitarian parole, but does not apply to employees re-entering the U.S. on Advance Parole tied...

Cookie	Duration	Description
__cfduid	1 month	The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information.
_GRECAPTCHA	5 months 27 days	This cookie is set by Google. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.
cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
PHPSESSID	session	This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
pardot	past	The cookie is set when the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user.