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Employer Compliance in an Era of Increased Audits and Site Visits https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/calculator-calculation-insurance-finance-53621-1.jpeg 5259 3098 Kathleen Grzegorek Kathleen Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7700b77752b8bc2ebbec4d0b9e4bfe3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 5, 2018 June 4, 2019

Kathleen Grzegorek
April 5, 2018

Employer Compliance in an Era of Increased Audits and Site Visits

In this current climate of increased audits and administrative site visits, it is crucial for businesses to remain compliant with all I-9, H-1B, PERM and EB-5 regulations. In this article, we provide an overview of the relevant compliance requirements, as well as an explanation of the government players during site visits and audits and what…

The Challenges of a Mobile Workforce in Big Data Occupations https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pexels-photo-186464.jpeg 5472 3648 Kathleen Grzegorek Kathleen Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7700b77752b8bc2ebbec4d0b9e4bfe3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g April 5, 2018 September 21, 2020

Kathleen Grzegorek
April 5, 2018

The Challenges of a Mobile Workforce in Big Data Occupations

The large demand for working professionals in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Computer Vision and Quantum Computing occupations (“Big Data”) is ongoing in the U.S. labor market. Employing foreign workers in these positions can be complex, given U.S. immigration laws governing the employment of these workers coupled with the war on legal immigration, particularly…

Potential Elimination of H-4 EAD Program Delayed Until After June 2018 https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/uscis_data_on_application_and_petition_processing_times_feature.jpg 1000 559 Josie Gonzalez Josie Gonzalez https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8a42476a63f630115849e208299ab5ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 15, 2018 June 4, 2019

Josie Gonzalez
March 15, 2018

Potential Elimination of H-4 EAD Program Delayed Until After June 2018

Since 2015, H-4 spouses of H-1B nationals have been permitted to apply for a work permit (Employment Authorization Document or EAD card) if one of the following applies: (1) their spouse has an approved Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker or (2) their spouse has been granted H-1B status under the American Competitiveness in…

Brilliance of Berkeley: The Challenges of Current Immigration Issues https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Seal_of_University_of_California_Berkeley.svg_.png 2000 2000 Josie Gonzalez Josie Gonzalez https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8a42476a63f630115849e208299ab5ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g March 9, 2018 June 4, 2019

Josie Gonzalez
March 9, 2018

Brilliance of Berkeley: The Challenges of Current Immigration Issues

On February 22, 2018, I had the pleasure of serving as a moderator on an immigration panel for the Brilliance of Berkeley event in Los Angeles, which was hosted by my alma mater, University of California, Berkeley. Our panel’s topic was The Challenges of Current Immigration Issues. In attendance were Janet Napolitano, the University of…

Immigrants in Big Data Occupations https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/processor-2217771_1920.jpg 1920 1080 Kathleen Grzegorek Kathleen Grzegorek https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7700b77752b8bc2ebbec4d0b9e4bfe3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Kathleen Grzegorek
December 7, 2017

Immigrants in Big Data Occupations

“Big Data” occupations include the Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Analytics and Computer Vision industries. SGG regularly handles cases involving these fields, and they require a special strategic touch in order to overcome U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Labor (DOL) barriers. As immigration attorneys working on these cases, we…

Top Immigration Threats Impacting Employers in 2018 https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/pexels-photo-288477.jpeg 4608 3456 Josie Gonzalez Josie Gonzalez https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8a42476a63f630115849e208299ab5ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 7, 2017 June 4, 2019

Josie Gonzalez
December 7, 2017

Top Immigration Threats Impacting Employers in 2018

As an employer you may have heard about how – without a “heads-up,” without regulatory or legislative changes, the current administration is drastically changing the landscape impacting the hiring and retention of foreign nationals in the U.S. After nearly forty years of practicing in the immigration field, representing employer and foreign nationals, I find the…

U.S. Non-Immigrant Visa Services Suspended Indefinitely in Turkey https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/borders-2099232_1280.jpg 1280 640 David Strashnoy David Strashnoy https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18dd3c89a276f63d4a48ef8334e53490?s=96&d=mm&r=g October 10, 2017 June 4, 2019

David Strashnoy
October 10, 2017

U.S. Non-Immigrant Visa Services Suspended Indefinitely in Turkey

On October 8, 2017, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey announced that effective immediately non-immigrant visa services are suspended indefinitely at all U.S. diplomatic facilities in Turkey. This includes the embassy in Ankara and consulates in Istanbul and Adana. The suspension of services is not a visa ban on Turkish citizens, but rather a suspension of new…