In new guidance, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) stressed that national origin discrimination under Title VII can include preferences for foreign workers, including workers with a particular visa status, over American workers.
USCIS has issued guidance clarifying how the $100,000 fee requirement for H1-B visa petitions will be applied and explaining how businesses will submit payment.
A new Gold Card program announced by President Trump will speed up the process of gaining an exceptional ability (EB-1A) and national interest (EB-2) visa for those who pay the hefty fee required.
A proposed rule from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would would weight H-1B visa registrations based on beneficiaries' equivalent wage levels.
Business visitors from Malawi and Zambia (and potentially other countries as well) may be required to post bonds as high as $15,000 to come to the United States.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) to implement directives under Executive Order 14173 and announced that it will resume processing complains under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
E-Verify will no longer alert employers that current employees' work authorization documents are revoked. Instead, employers must use a new E-Verify feature to generate a status change report of their employees' authorization.