Immigration News Update Newsletter November 2021 – Issue 2

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UP-TO-DATE IMMIGRATION NEWS

Home Finances Reconciliation Invoice Retains Excessive-Expert Immigrant Provisions, Would Impose Charge Will increase – The Home of Representatives’ draft social spending invoice accommodates a number of immigration measures, together with provisions paving the best way for high-skilled scientists and engineers, and elevating immigration-related charges.

CDC Points Order for Destructive Pre-Departure COVID-19 Take a look at or Documentation of Restoration from COVID-19 for All Arriving Air Passengers – The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention issued an order, efficient November 8, 2021, requiring air passengers two years of age and older boarding flights to the US to current documentation associated to COVID-19 testing or restoration.

Labor Dept. Responds to Stakeholder Requests to Elevate H-2B Visa Cap for First Half of FY 2022 – The Division famous that it reached the congressionally mandated cap of 33,000 H-2B visas on September 30, 2021.

USCIS Expands Credit score Card Cost Pilot Program to California Service Heart – The California Service Heart is now accepting bank card funds utilizing Kind G-1450, Authorization for Credit score Card Transactions, for petitioners submitting Kind I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Employee, for O and P nonimmigrants.

Justice Dept. Settles With Development Firm to Resolve Immigration-Associated Discrimination Claims – Beneath the settlement, Precedence Development can pay $40,600 in civil penalties and conduct enhanced U.S. employee recruitment and promoting for future positions. The settlement additionally requires Precedence Development to be topic to monitoring and reporting necessities and practice workers on the best way to keep away from discrimination.

COVID-19 Border Measures by Canada – Latest developments in COVID-19-related border measures.

New Publications and Objects of Curiosity

New E-Confirm characteristic. A brand new E-Confirm characteristic, myUploads, permits workers to add required paperwork in JPEG, PNG, or PDF codecs to assist resolve Tentative Nonconfirmations (TNCs). Workers can entry their my E-Confirm accounts by logging into their USCIS on-line accounts and importing the requested paperwork. They’ll nonetheless use fax or mail to submit paperwork if they like. The employer ought to present the Additional Motion Discover (FAN) to the affected worker, talk about the TNC privately with the worker, and permit the worker to resolve whether or not she or he will contest the TNC. The FAN contains the steps for utilizing myUploads to assist resolve a DHS TNC. As soon as uploaded, the worker should name the quantity on the FAN to resolve the case.https://myeverify.uscis.gov/

New SAVE options. Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) is enhancing its case search capabilities, together with improved usability by a search bar and different options, and a extra sturdy case search engine. SAVE will notify customers by e mail a minimum of three weeks earlier than the go-live date for enhancements. https://save.uscis.gov/net/media/resourcesContents/SAVESearchCasesTipSheet.pdf

Useful Hyperlinks:

Immigration Company Data

Division of Homeland Safety:DHS.gov/coronavirus

USCIS: USCIS.gov/coronavirus

ICE:

CBP:

Division of Labor:

State Division:https://www.state.gov/coronavirus/

Justice Division

Company Twitter Accounts

• EOIR: @DOJ_EOIR
• ICE: @ICEgov
• Examine within the States: @StudyinStates
• USCIS: @USCIS

Immigrant and worker rights webinars. The Division of Justice’s Immigrant and Worker Rights Part (IER), of the Civil Rights Division, is providing a variety of free webinars for employees, employers, and advocates. For extra data, see https://www.justice.gov/crt/webinars.

E-Confirm webinar schedule. E-Confirm has launched its calendar of webinars at https://www.e-verify.gov/calendar-field_date_and_time/month

Authorities Company Hyperlinks

Observe these hyperlinks to entry present processing occasions of the USCIS Service Facilities and the Division of Labor, and the Division of State’s newest Visa Bulletin with the newest closing dates for visa numbers:

USCIS Service Heart processing occasions on-line: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Division of State Visa Bulletin:

https://journey.state.gov/content material/visas/en/law-and-coverage/bulletin.html

Visa software wait occasions for any put up:https://journey.state.gov/content material/visas/en/common/wait-occasions.html/

Kuck Baxter Immigration — In The Information

Charles Kuck was quoted in a press launch on MadKudu Inc. v. USCIS, a case during which the events reached a settlement settlement concerning the classification of market analysis analyst positions as H-1B specialty occupations. Mr. Kuck stated, “It’s unlucky that the one approach for USCIS to comply with the legislation and do the proper factor is to convey litigation. However, know this—we will probably be looking forward to USCIS compliance with this choice, and we will probably be ready to pursue litigation for different interpretive violations of written legislation and regulation that the company has permitted to happen.”

Charles Kuck was quoted by Bloomberg Legislation in “Continual Inexperienced Card Backlog Good points Lawmakers’ Bipartisan Consideration. Commenting on issues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) may do to cut back backlogs, Mr. Kuck stated, “The concept that USCIS doesn’t have the sources will not be true. They don’t have the desire.” https://bit.ly/3ARW2ii(registration required)

Charles Kuck was quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Structure in “Kemp’s Immigration Coverage May Complicate Bid for Second Time period.” Mr. Kuck stated Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia was in quest of a “shiny object” to distract from former President Trump’s ongoing assaults concentrating on the governor. “This can be a reelection stunt. If he’s going to the border, he’s trying to find an answer that doesn’t exist,” Mr. Kuck stated. https://bit.ly/3Bt9gDo

Charles Kuck, represented plaintiffs in a latest case, Kinsley v. Blinken, during which a U.S. district court docket choose issued a choice on October 5, 2021, prohibiting using journey bans as a purpose to not course of or challenge visas. Mr. Kuck was quoted by the Instances of India in “Good Information for H-1B Visa Holders Stranded in India.” Mr. Kuck stated, “We’re grateful that Decide Boasberg noticed by the cascade of baseless authorized theories put ahead by the Division of State to lastly and affirmatively rule that it’s a violation of federal legislation to refuse to challenge visas solely as a result of a President has proclaimed an entry ban below the Immigration and Nationality Act 212(f). We name on the Division of State to now dispose of its ridiculous and legally pointless nationwide curiosity exemption program and get again to the enterprise of visa issuance world wide no matter these entry bans.” https://bit.ly/30bBbKl

Charles Kuck was quoted by Atlanta Journal in “Freedom College Wasn’t Meant to Final This Lengthy.” He stated the Board of Regents of Freedom College is “not answerable to the state legislature” and might change insurance policies if it chooses, a minimum of for Deferred Motion for Childhood Arrivals recipients. He blamed an absence of progress on “fixed finger-pointing between the legislature and the regents. ” ‘It’s their fault. It’s their fault. It’s their fault.’ That’s what’s terribly irritating about this. No one desires to take duty for depriving these children of an training.”https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/freedom-university-wasnt-meant-to-last-this-long/

Kuck Baxter Immigration LLC revealed its US authorized information for Company Immigration. It may be discovered at https://iclg.com/practice-areas/corporate-immigration-laws-and-regulations/usa

Kuck Baxter Immigration LLC has an workplace in Adel, Georgia, close to the Irwin, Folkston, and Stewart Detention Facilities, which maintain greater than 6,000 detained immigrants. The brand new workplace is managed by our Associate Elizabeth Matherne, the previous Director for the Southern Poverty Legislation Heart’s Irwin Detention Undertaking.https://www.immigration.internet/south-georgia/The South Georgia Workplace is positioned at 124 S. Burwell Ave. Adel, Georgia. The telephone quantity is 229-472-5775.

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