Department of State Posts FY 2012 Diversity Visa Lottery Guidelines. Sep 24, 2010: Rules and guidelines for the 2012 Diversity Immigrant Visa program have just been published by the U.S. Department of State. For Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, a total of 50,000 Diversity Visas will be made available to people from countries with low rates… Read more »
Article by Mark Levey, Senior Researcher and Rami Fakhouri, Senior Editor On August 6, the Governor of Ohio issued an Executive Order prohibiting the use of State funds for offshore services. This is the first such assertion by a State, and it comes just weeks after the U.S. passed national legislation that sharply increases H-1B… Read more »
U.S. Army and Navy Now Allow Recruits to Start Citizenship Process during Boot Camp. Apr 22, 2011: The U.S. Army and Navy are now offering recruits a way to start the process of obtaining U.S. citizenship during basic training. This new feature involves changing the military’s no-visitors policy during boot camp, so that federal immigration… Read more »
Introduction A proposed rule providing parole for entrepreneurs recently reached the Office of Management and Budget for review. The rule comes as a response to several of the initiatives in President Barack Obama’s executive order of November 20 2014. The executive order to modernize and streamline the US immigration system for the 21st century sought… Read more »
The Department of Labour has issued a series of decisions explaining what happens when the national Programme Electronic Review Management (PERM) office asserts that it sent an audit letter which the employer says it never received. In the United States, where mail is reliable, there is usually a presumption that a letter mailed in the normal course… Read more »
A controversy has been brewing at the Department of Labour over the exact wording for online Programme Electronic Review Management (PERM) ads. Newspaper ads The PERM rule, which was implemented in 2005, contains detailed instructions for what must be included in a newspaper ad, namely: the employer’s name; the geographical place of employment(this does not… Read more »
The US Department of Labor holds Stakeholder meetings 3-4 times per year to discuss technical issues with employers, bar associations, student advisors, unions, government agencies, and other interested groups. At a recent meeting, questions were raised about prevailing wage determinations for job offers involving combinations of occupations. DOL always raises the prevailing wage level if… Read more »
Departments of Justice and Education Remind Local Agencies that All Children, Regardless of Immigration Status, Are Eligible for Public Education. May 09, 2011: Late last week the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education issued a notice reminding state and local agencies that all children, regardless of their parents’ real or perceived immigration status, are given… Read more »
Arizona Sues Federal Government For Weak Immigration Enforcement. Feb 11, 2011: Arizona is seeking $760 million from the federal government to pay for costs accrued by the state to jail illegal immigrants. According to a filing in a U.S. District Court by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne, the federal government… Read more »
States Enact Record Number of Immigration-RelatedLegislation in 2010. Jan 28, 2011: According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), state legislatures enacted a record number of laws and resolutions related to immigration issues in 2010. A total of 46 state legislatures and the District of Columbia enacted 208 new laws and adopted 138 resolutions,… Read more »
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