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Easing the Global Flow of Talent: The art and science of connecting companies and capabilities in a dysfunctional immigration environment
Scott FitzGerald, Managing Partner of Fragomen’s Boston office, has built an enviable practice in one of the most politically fraught areas of our time: corporate immigration. He has played a key role in developing one of the world’s fastest growing law firms – a firm that has set...
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A Waiting Game: Visa bulletin reform is intended to relieve the backlog affecting employment visas – but when?
In November 2014, President Obama announced a multiagency plan to “modernize and streamline” the U.S. immigrant visa system. As one of the signature reforms in the administration’s plan, on September 9, 2015, the Department of State (DOS) announced that beginning in October 2015...
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Work Authorization for Certain H-4 Spouses: A positive step in foreign talent retention
Imagine your organization has made a job offer to a sought-after candidate for a senior-level position in your New York office. The candidate, a Russian citizen who would be entering the U.S. on an H-1B visa, has a second offer pending – this one for an equally senior-level position but...
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High-Volume Corporate Immigration Strategies: Striking a delicate balance between efficiency, scalability and risk management
High-volume corporate immigration practice presents unique challenges that require a delicate balance of efficiency, scalability and risk management. Multinational companies with a large international workforce strive to establish internal programs to allow for a rapid transition of a...
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After H-1B Season Comes the Real Work: Compliance
As many of you may know, April 7 was the last day H-1B cap petitions were accepted for FY 2016. Although the flurry of H-1B filings is over, employers must now focus on ensuring compliance with H-1B regulations. Any employer filing H-1B petitions must prepare for the possibility of a Wage and...
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Injunction Against Administration’s Immigration Programs Puts Pro Bono Efforts on Hold
A federal court injunction against key portions of President Obama’s executive action on immigration has put a halt to programs intended to help eligible non-citizens apply for temporary protection from deportation from the United States. (See Memorandum and Order in Texas v. United States...
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Cuba – The Door Opens Wider
Introduction On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced a re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba that would ease sanctions of the half-century-long Cuba embargo. Since the early 1960s, the economic embargo on Cuba enacted stringent restrictions on travel and trade for persons...
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