USCIS Adds New Features to E-Verify
On April 23, 2018, USCIS released an updated version of E-Verify with several new features aimed at making the system more user-friendly. The changes will improve users’
Read More »Erickson in the News: Big American tech companies are snapping up foreign-worker visas, replacing Indian outsourcing firms
Paayal Zaveri | Aditi Roy A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy, shows that U.S. tech companies are relying more on skilled foreign workers using
Read More »Erickson in the News: Big American tech companies are snapping up foreign-worker visas, replacing Indian outsourcing firms
Paayal Zaveri CNBC20 April 2018 A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy, shows that U.S. tech companies are relying more on skilled foreign workers
Read More »Erickson @ Council for Global Immigration 2018 Symposium
June 10-13, 2018 | Arlington, VA Crystal Gateway Marriott The 2018 Symposium will provide immigration professionals opportunities to keep pace with changes in immigration
Read More »Panama Entry Requirements Relaxed
Effective April 4, 2018, valid Schengen visas and current EU residence permits will once again be accepted for entry into Panama. Pursuant to Executive Decree No. 114,
Read More »New Notice Required for Foreign Workers in Russia
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has introduced a new form for providing notice of a foreign citizen’s labor activities within the Russian Federation. On April 20,
Read More »Immigration e-Service Expanded in India
The Indian Bureau of Immigration has extended e-service access to all FRROs (Foreign Regional Registration Offices). The online system, which had been rolled out as a pilot
Read More »Over 190,000 H-1B Cap Petitions Received for FY2019
USCIS recently announced that it received 190,098 Cap-subject H-1B petitions during this year’s filing period. According to the numbers released by USCIS, of the 190,098
Read More »Travel Ban on Chad Citizens Lifted
Effective April 13, citizens of Chad are no longer subject to President Trump’s travel ban and can now apply for all US visa categories. Chad was originally placed under
Read More »Erickson in the News: H-1B application numbers fall for second year in a row
Trisha Thadani | April 12, 2018 The number of H-1B applications for the next fiscal year dipped for the second year in a row — a trend experts say could be influenced
Read More »May 2018 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State has released the May 2018 Visa Bulletin: As previously reported in last month edition of the visa bulletin, the EB-1 category for India and China
Read More »H-1B Cap: What Happens Now?
On Friday, April 6, USCIS announced that the annual cap on new H-1B visas had been met. For the sixth year in a row, USCIS received more than 85,000 H-1B petitions within the
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