USCIS Director Says He “Wants it to Cost More” to Use Non-US Workers

By Hannah | Published October 7, 2019 | Posted in Employment-Related Immigration Matters, Immigration Law News | Tagged Tags: employment, H-1B visa, H-1B visa program, Immigration, USCIS | Comments Off on USCIS Director Says He “Wants it to Cost More” to Use Non-US Workers

The H-1 visa program is intended to enable companies in the United States to hire skilled workers from abroad when they cannot find people willing, or able, to do the work domestically. However, not everyone agrees with the goal or purpose of H-1 visas, and that includes current Director of the United States Customs and Read More

Possible Reform Of The H-1B Visa Program

By Kerry Bretz | Published December 23, 2016 | Posted in Visas | Tagged Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B visa program, President-Elect Trump, Specialty Worker Visa, Temporary Work Visas | Leave a comment

Technology workers authorized to work in the United States are generally issued visas under the category H-1B. The H-1B visa program admits 65,000 non-student workers and 20,000 graduate student workers for specialty occupations requiring a college education. The program is likely to undergo dramatic changes under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. Last year, Senator Jeff Read More

Fee Increases for H-1B and L-1 A and B Visas

By Kerry Bretz | Published March 23, 2016 | Posted in Immigration Law, Visas | Tagged Tags: fee increase, H-1B visa, immigration law, L-1A visa, L-1B visa, New York | Leave a comment

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, a.k.a. the Omnibus Bill, which increased the H-1B visa fee by $4,000 and the L-1 fee by $4,500. The last increase of $2,000 was passed in 2010, and expired late last year on September 30, 2015. With these increases, Congress is looking to Read More

Immigration Consequences of Criminal and Fraudulent Conduct

The immigration consequences of criminal or fraudulent conduct can be harsh and often illogical. Even a very minor offense could have a dramatic immigration consequence, including deportation, detention without bond, being denied naturalization, a visa or re-entry into the United States. Likewise, the use of fake or fraudulent documents, aliases, and other misrepresentations can have similar immigration consequences. Kerry Bretz and Bretz & Coven have been counseling non-citizen criminal defendants, as well as their lawyers, for over 20 years. We have a long history of strategizing deportation and removal defenses, as well as applications for waivers, in very complicated cases.

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