Rose Immigration Law Firm PLC

The government recently proposed a change to the filing procedure for waivers of inadmissibility outside the United States in connection with immigrant visa processing.  This procedure does not apply to companies in general, but it does apply to employees with mixed citizenship families.  If your company has employed or would like to employ someone who [...]

Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina will make E-Verify mandatory for most private employers in 2012. E-Verify is an electronic employment verification system operated by the Federal Government. South Carolina and Alabama employers are required to register with E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility status of newly hired employees by January 1, 2012 and April 1, 2012, [...]

If the visa backlog bothers you, you should know that Congress is actually trying to address the problem.  The House voted recently to end per-country caps on worker-based immigration visas. If the bill passes the Senate, the new law would improve significantly the backlog for skilled workers from India and China.  However, it would also [...]