Are we going to get a new JIT today

Why you want to see the new JIT. INS didn't do for past couple of months. They are waiting for people to finish all the law making.
 
INS & Visa Post Delays

Found in breaking news section of http://www.immigration-law.com

Updated 01/02/03: INS & Visa Post Delays and Advisory for Human Resources Managers and Corporate Legal Counsels

The foreign workers are hired by the U.S. businesses to supply services or products to their customers/clients under certain contracts. Such contracts entail a serious liability for breach of contract, should the services or products fail to meet certain contract terms and deadlines. A number of foreign workers are involved in this process, playing an important role in meeting the contractual obligation.
Pending transfer of the immigration services functions to the new Department of Homeland Security, the processing of both immigrant and nonimmigration petitions and applications is and will be substantially affected and no one knows at this time the extent of problems of processing delays. Additionally, so-called security clearance procedures is creating a tremendous delays in processing of visa applications at the visa posts and processing of both immigrant/nonimigrant petitions/applications at the INS field offices. It is unclear whether breach of contract for failure of the government to provide timely work permit and visa/status approval can be excused on any theory of the contract law, which is very doubful. There will be an increasing number of businesses that will fail to perform the contractual obligations because of the foreign worker employees being stranded in their home country for being unable to obtain visa renewal and for being unable to obtain status extension or timely approval of EAD or other work authorization documents.
Considering the fact that the damage from breach of contract can reach even millions of dollars in the worst scenario, the Human Resources Managers and legal counsels be mindful of such potential lawsuits and should start paying more attention to ever changing application/petition adjudication environment and preparing internal structures that reflect processing delays or other immigration law issues.
 
Nell, that paragraph says, human resource departments etc. should change their procedures. Ideally the INS should fix their procedures, the only way human resource people can fix their stuff is by not hiring any more foreign help, and that is so not cool.
 
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