BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
OFLC, Dec. 2, 2024 "The U.S. Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have published a temporary final rule (TFR) increasing the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas to authorize the...
USCIS, Dec. 2, 2024 "We now require certain applicants filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status , to submit Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination...
USCIS, Dec. 2, 2024 "USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Dec. 1, 2024 "The recent reelection of Donald Trump is likely to usher in a new era of enhanced immigration scrutiny and enforcement. This shift raises a number of ethical...
OFLC, Nov. 18, 2024
"The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register proposing to amend its regulations at 20 CFR 655.10(f) for employer-provided wage surveys for the H-2B program. The publication of the NPRM is necessary because the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held the 2015 Wage Rule (the Rule), specifically the data and methodology requirements of 20 CFR 655.10(f)(2) and (f)(4), to be procedurally invalid for failure to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act’s (APA) notice-and-comment requirements. Williams, et al. v. Walsh, et al., 648 F.Supp.3d 70, 75 (D.D.C. 2022). Although declining to vacate the Rule, the court remanded it for further consideration. ETA is publishing this NPRM to cure the APA violation found by the court. Additionally, this NPRM proposes to amend the Rule to clarify existing requirements for employer-provided surveys in the H-2B program, add new requirements to increase the accuracy of employer-provided surveys, and eliminate Form ETA-9165, Employer-Provided Survey Attestations to Accompany H-2B Prevailing Wage Determination Request Based on a Non-OEWS Survey, to increase efficiency. The comment period will close on Friday, January 17, 2025."