Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Help with Difficult RFEs: The Return of the Deference Policy
The dreaded RFE…if you have received that package of blue or yellow paper, sometimes over 12 pages long, you understand the significant anxiety, frustration and sometimes, fear that it causes.This…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – A Cautionary Reminder Regarding LCAs
On June 16, 2021, a U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge ordered a U.S. Company to pay a former employee more than $400,000 in back wages and benefits, for…
Finnish Immigration Service is piloting automated decision-making in granting residence permits for studies
The Finnish Immigration Service started using automated decision-making in the processing of residence permits for studies on 19 October 2023. The Finnish Immigration Service issues an automated decision if the…
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…