Immigration Law

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Bender’s Immigration Bulletin – February 15, 2011 - Immigration Attorneys Disciplined
Posted on 4 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Immigration Law Community Staff

FY 2011 H-1B Cap Reached USCIS has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year 2011, it announced on January 27. The final receipt date for new H-1B petitions requesting an employment start date in FY2011... Read More

Tags: Bender’s Immigration Bulletin , prevailing wages , Executive Office for Immigration Review , attorney discipline , H-1B , I-9 audits , Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers , H-2B , H-2A , immigration fraud

DHS Efforts to Minimize Petition Fraud and Abuse on the Rise
Posted on 25 Oct 2010 by GreenbergTraurig

By Mahsa Aliaskari and Lindsey Baldwin Although we are used to hearing about audits and investigations from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), its sister agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is just as busy with its... Read More

Tags: bona fide petitions , foreign national employees , petition fraud , immigration fraud

Williams Mullen: Immigration Fraud Whistleblower Likely to Receive $5M Bounty from Infosys’s $34M False Claims Act Settlement: Is Your Business Immigration Program Prepared for a Similar Whistleblower Attack?
Posted on 21 Nov 2013 by Williams Mullen

By Mary E. Pivec and John Staige Davis V | On October 30, 2013, Infosys Limited (“Infosys”), an Indian IT company, signed a settlement agreement with the United States in the Eastern District of Texas to resolve allegations that Infosys... Read More

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