In our Blog: Has your company been ICED?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that it is issuing an additional 180 Notices of Inspection to employers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. This brings the number of administrative audits that ICE has announced in the last 8 months to 1832. On July 1, 2009, John Morton, the Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a policy change, issuing notices of inspection to 652 employers across the country to initiate administrative I-9 audits. On November 19, 2009 DHS announced that it had issued an additional 1000 notices of inspection to employers in critical infrastructure industries.

Successful H-1B Petition Strategy Requires Planning

Please read our Immigration Employment blog  which provides planning pointers for employers and employees, in advance of the April 1, 2010 H-1B filing date.

Employers use the H-1B visa category to employ nonimmigrant foreign workers who possess the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree for professional jobs each year. The first date that H-1B petitions will be accepted by the USCIS for employer filing for 2010 employment is April 1st.