The TN VISA: An Option for Canadian Professionals
The TN Visa arose out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. TN stands for “Trade Nafta.” Under the NAFTA, citizens of Canada and Mexico had, through varying […]
The TN Visa arose out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. TN stands for “Trade Nafta.” Under the NAFTA, citizens of Canada and Mexico had, through varying […]
I have discussed employment-based visas, labor certification, H-1Bs, exceptional and extraordinary ability aliens, and L-1 transfers in various articles on my website. However, I wanted to write one article which […]
On October 17, 2000 President Bill Clinton signed into law the “American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000”. [Hereafter “The Act”] This Act has significant ramifications not only […]
Over 1995 and 1996 the United States Congress has seen at least two attempts, one in the House, the other in the Senate, to make very substantial changes in the […]
an a U.S. employer legally hire a foreign student? A: A U.S. employer can legally hire a foreign student who has the necessary employment authorization. What type of authorization? A: […]
What’s a Form I-9? Pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) devised Form I-9. An employer must fill out Form […]
In these post 9-11 days, the INS probably has fewer resources to pursue garden-variety employer sanctions cases (especially for non-intentional paperwork violations). However, it has been noticed that the INS […]
The straightforward and reasonable interpretation of “exceptional” and the criteria needed for a waiver of labor certification “in the national interest” were laid out in the Administrative Appeals Unit decision in the “Mississippi Phosphate” case. That clear decision has now been modified by another Administrative Appeals Unit decision, “in re New York State Department of Transportation.”