Holiday Travel

Holiday Travel Reminders and E-Verify Updates from the Munsch Hardt Immigration Team

Munsch Hardt’s Immigration Team Wishes you a Happy Holiday The Immigration Team at Munsch Hardt wishes you the best this Holiday Season and beyond! Following two years of pandemic cancellations and as countries ease coronavirus (“COVID”) restrictions worldwide, domestic and international travel is forecasted to surge this year for the holidays. A few safety tips

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Department of Homeland Security

USCIS and Prevailing Wage Updates + I-9 Compliance Guidance

Annual Report to Congress by the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) Ombudsman The CIS recently released its annual report on the state of affairs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), addressing issues encountered by individuals and employers applying for immigration benefits and reviewing areas for improvement. While the CIS Ombudsman’s recommendations

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Department of Homeland Security

Immigration Insights – DHS Update

While the pandemic wreaked havoc on many immigration processes and has resulted in some breaks in employers’ I-9 compliance, E-Verify program obligations for employment eligibility verification have not been relaxed. E-Verify requires all subscribed employers to take action on cases designated as “tentative nonconfirmation case” (TNC) for their employees within 10 federal government working days.

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Department of Homeland Security

DHS Update

2019 H-1B Cap-subject Petitions. On April 6, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the government’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 and received in excess of 190,000 cap-subject petitions. USCIS also confirmed that it had reached the cap under the 20,000 H-1B petitions allocation for U.S. advanced

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Immigration Service Reminders

Immigration Service Reminders

Importantly, the new year often brings changes to government procedures that can affect employment practices or employees’ immigration proceedings. With the change in year, the immigration service often changes its immigration filing locations, updates immigration and related forms, and imposes new fees on certain applications. It is important to check with immigration counsel regarding any

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Immigration Compliance

E-Verify

Arizona and Maryland have recently become the ninth and tenth state respectively to join the Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE) program. RIDE is part of the E-Verify and is used to link the E-Verify database with the participating states’ driver’s license agencies. RIDE allows E-Verify to review the authenticity of driver’s license

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