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H.R. 6080 has been passed and is expected to be signed by the President today, 13 August 2010. This Bill raises The H-1B and L-1 application filing fees (fraud prevention and detection) by $2,000 for companies with 50 or more employees in USA if more than 50% of the employees are on H/L status. The fees are to be effective upon enactment (when the President signs and USCIS can implement) and will end on September 30, 2014.

The Bill states:

Notwithstanding any other

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In a leaked draft of policy options being considered by USCIS, the following are noteworthy for employment-based immigration:

1. Include E, F, O, P and TN visas in the group that can travel without AP when their I-1485/AOS is pending. Currently this group includes only H-1 and L-1 holders and their derivative beneficiaries.
2. Allow H-4 holders employment authorization under certain circumstances. This appears to be very likely to be approved soon. This has, of course, long ...

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• USCIS_Leaked_Draft2010.pdf (1.59 MB, 821 views)

The US Department of Labor has completed implementation of the cumbersome process of "Supervised Recruitment" required for some cases during PERM process. Old-timers (like me) would remember this process from pre-PERM times.

Essentially, this is how it works. A PERM application is sent to the special channel of Supervised Recruitment where employer's recruitment is redone as per the directions of and under the supervision of USDOL. They decide how many times and in which ...

USDOL has posted the following FAQ

1. Under what authority can the Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification select an employer's application for supervised recruitment?

Ans. 20 CFR 656.21 provides, "Where the Certifying Officer determines it appropriate, post-filing supervised recruitment may be required of the employer for the pending application or future applications pursuant to 20 CFR 656.20(b)," and 20 CFR 656.24(f) provides, in ...

7. What documentation and/or notice is needed when an employer undergoing Supervised Recruitment changes its attorney/agent?

Ans. The employer and/or the newly retained attorney or agent must provide documentation signed by the employer establishing that it intends to be represented by the attorney or agent named, providing all applicable information as requested in Section E, Agent or Attorney Information, of the ETA Form 9089, and containing the statement, "I hereby designate ...