USCIS has released a trial of its E-Verify+ platform to a select group of US employers. The E-Verify+ platform builds on the existing E-Verify tool to combine the I-9 and E-Verify processes into one tool and step. Every employer is required to complete Form I-9 when hiring any employee in the United States, regardless of […]
Meltzer Hellrung recently recorded an L-1 visa approval for a client where the sponsored employee had never been an employee of a related foreign company. Rather the sponsored employee had worked as a dedicated contractor through a consulting company. L-1 visas are available for intra-company transfers where a company has related entities in the […]
On April 1st USCIS transitioned to a new submission process for H-1B petitions, moving the submission of petitions from the service centers to centralized lockboxes. Unfortunately, the rollout of this transition has been far from seamless. We have seen USCIS return numerous petitions erroneously in the first two months of the new procedures. For example, […]