Immigration Update with Lin Walker – A Review of the Potentially Damaging DHS Final Rule Creating Wage-Based Selection System for H-1B Cap Subject Petitions
This week, a bit of breaking news and unfortunately, it’s not good news.The Biden Administration recently supported and defended the legality of a Trump-era rule of wage-based H-1B cap selections.…
Finnish Immigration Service put out to tender healthcare services and reception units for minors
The Finnish Immigration Service has issued procurement decisions on reception units for minors, known as group homes. The new group homes will start operating in November. The agency also invited…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – If Your H-1B Registration Has Been Selected in the Second Round…What Comes Next?
This week, we offer a repost of a useful podcast from several months ago...If you were lucky enough to have your H-1B Cap Registration selected, now that the second round…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – NIE Fatigue – An 18 Month Update
When the first round of COVID-19 related travel restrictions were issued in February 2020, many foreign nationals, employers and immigration professionals were cautiously optimistic that these restrictions would be short-lived.…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Lightning Round: Vaccines, crossing the Canadian border and deadlines for the H-1B Cap
Time for another LIGHTNING ROUND, featuring Meyner associate Kristen Sisko and Meyner partner Lin WalkerThe lightning round is a rapid fire Q&A where we answer YOUR questions sent to us…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Lightning Round: Holiday Travel Edition
This week’s Lightning Round is travel themed in honor of the upcoming holidays.Lin and Kristen tackle questions such as…Will the United States accept a combination of vaccines for travelers entering…
Finnish Immigration Service carries out reforms to achieve Government Programme goals – launches cooperation negotiations
The Finnish Immigration Service is undergoing a reorganisation in order to improve its ability to meet the goals set in the Government Programme. The changes resulting from this reorganisation will…
Government makes decision on registration centres – Finnish Immigration Service to organise the implementation
The Government has today decided on the deployment of registration centres. The decision of the implementation of the decision will be made by the Finnish Immigration Service. The decision enabling…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Lightning Round: Changing jobs as an L-1A or H-1B
The lightning round is a rapid fire Q&A where we answer YOUR questions sent to us via LinkedIn private message.We’ve received some good questions over the past two weeks for…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – How to Determine the Prevailing Wage…and why you need to know.
The deadline to file H-1B cap petitions selected in the third round of the lottery for FY2022 is February 23, 2022. One of the most important steps in preparing the…