IMMIGRATION REFORM…HOCUS POCUS POLITICS

According to an article on bloomberg.com:  “The trio of investigations causing headaches for President Barack Obama’s administration has also provided a honeymoon period for the marquee element of his domestic agenda: revising immigration laws.”

With the media attention focusing on other controversies, Congress has a chance to deliberately move forward on immigration reform without the constant interruption from the press rehashing the same circular arguments both for and against reform that have been debated on and off for the past decade.

Will the Final Act be making immigration reform appear seemingly out of thin air or will it be the magician’s expression:  “now you see it, now you don’t” that the immigrant community has become all too familiar with?

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USCIS TO EXPAND ENTREPRENEURS IN RESIDENCE INITIATIVE

According to a USCIS News Release:  “In just over one year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) innovative Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative has produced real benefits that will strengthen agency policies and practices relating to job-creating immigrant entrepreneurs who help advance American economic growth.”

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EMPLOYERS MUST USE REVISED FORM I-9

According to a USCIS News Release:  “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds employers that beginning today they must use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Revision 03/08/13)N for all new hires and reverifications. All employers are required to complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee hired to work in the United States.”

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CAP-SUBJECT H-1Bs FOR FY-2014

The USCIS has completed its lottery for cap-subject FY-2014 H-1B Petitions.  Although many immigration law firms, including ours, have already received receipts or rejection notices on all cases filed, the USCIS requests that petitioners allow until the end of May 2013 to receive receipt or rejection notices.

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