Executive Action: Employment Based Immigration The President has directed the Secretaries of DHS & DOS to submit recommendations by March 20, 2015. In the meantime, the DHS Secretary Johnson has issued a Memorandum outlining the following new policies: Reduce wait times for employment-based visas and improve visa processing Visas have gone unused due to processing issues.…
Executive Action: H-4 Employment Authorization President Obama announced that employment authorization would be given to certain H-4 dependent spouses. USCIS first proposed Federal rule on May 12, 2014 allowing for employment authorization of H-4 dependent spouses. The public comment period on that rule was held until July 11, 2014. Immigration advocates, including the American Immigration…
Executive Action: Undocumented Immigrants & Deferred Action There are approximately 11 million immigrants in the U.S. who have either entered the US without advance permission or entered with permission and overstayed their visas, and are therefore “unlawfully” in the U.S. These people are referred to by the immigrant advocacy community as “Undocumented Immigrants.” They are…
President Obama: Major Immigration Announcement President Obama is expected to make a major announcement about immigration reform this Thursday evening. It is anticipated that he will roll out a plan that would effectively grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants by using his Executive Authority on how our current immigration laws…
California’s 2015 Update to the Overtime Exemption for Computer Professionals California’s Labor Code contains some of the most, if not the most, employee-friendly laws in the United States; and much of the code is spent dealing with the minimum wages employees must be paid, and the maximum hours they can be made to work without requiring…
Mathews Law Office: LLC vs. S Corp vs. C Corp Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships are great for getting started quickly and with minimal cost for startup, however you need to be aware that you have unlimited liability for business debts. So if your business is sued for any reason, the plaintiff…
Visa for Start-Ups (O-1) You are an immigrant entrepreneur with a great idea. You launched your product, you got funding, people are starting to talk about the product, and the press is interested. But there is a problem. You don’t have an immigration status that allows you to work in the U.S. and take your…
Work Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependents! (Proposed Rule) DHS Announces Proposals to Attract and Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants
F-1 and OPT Travel FAQs General Comments about traveling while on F-1 or OPT As an F-1 student you are required to have non-immigrant intent when you present yourself at a U.S. port of entry. Travel while on F-1 status or OPT, especially after you graduate, can raise the potential that you may be denied…
U.S. Master’s Cap Exemption and Private For-Profit Universities Beware! As the H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Cap Season is about to commence on April 1, 2014, this article is written to address considerations for those who hope to be included in the U.S. Master’s Cap Exemption and who may have been included in the past…