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May 2, 2013
IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: Wage Methodology for Temporary Non-Agricultural Em...
IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: Wage Methodology for Temporary Non-Agricultural Em...: Posted by Immigration Business Lawyer Norka M. Schell www.lawschell.com Interim Final Rule Summary The Department of Homeland Securit...
Wage Methodology for Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program
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Interim Final Rule
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL) (jointly referred as Departments) are amending regulations governing certification for the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. This interim final rule revises how DOL provides the consultation that DHS has determined necessary to adjudicate H-2B petitions by revising methodology by which DOL calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and U.S. workers recruited connection with the application for certification; the prevailing wage is then used in petitioning, DHS to employ nonimmigrant workers in H-2B status. DOL and DHS are jointly issuing this rule in response to the court's order in Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolasv. Solis, which vacated portions of DOL's current prevailing wage rate regulation, and to ensure that there is no question that the rule is in effect nationwide in light of other standing litigation. This rule also contains revisions to DHS's H-2B rule to clarify that DHS is the Executive Branch agency charged with making case, question about the methodology for settling the prevailing wage in the H-2B program. www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=ETA2013-003
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Interim Final Rule
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL) (jointly referred as Departments) are amending regulations governing certification for the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment. This interim final rule revises how DOL provides the consultation that DHS has determined necessary to adjudicate H-2B petitions by revising methodology by which DOL calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and U.S. workers recruited connection with the application for certification; the prevailing wage is then used in petitioning, DHS to employ nonimmigrant workers in H-2B status. DOL and DHS are jointly issuing this rule in response to the court's order in Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolasv. Solis, which vacated portions of DOL's current prevailing wage rate regulation, and to ensure that there is no question that the rule is in effect nationwide in light of other standing litigation. This rule also contains revisions to DHS's H-2B rule to clarify that DHS is the Executive Branch agency charged with making case, question about the methodology for settling the prevailing wage in the H-2B program. www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=ETA2013-003
May 1, 2013
IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: USCIS IMMIGRANT FEE PAYMENT TO MOVE TO USCIS ELIS
IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: USCIS IMMIGRANT FEE PAYMENT TO MOVE TO USCIS ELIS: Posted by Immigration Lawyer Norka M. Schell Law Offices of Norka M. Schell, LLC www.lawschell.com United States Citizenship and Immigr...
USCIS IMMIGRANT FEE PAYMENT TO MOVE TO USCIS ELIS
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is moving the existing online payment for the USCIS Immigration Fee to its Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS). Customers will soon pay $165.00 USCIS Immigration Fee using USCIS ELIS after they receive their immigrant visa package from the Department of State (DOS) and before they depart for the United States. New immigrants will also use USCIS ELIS to file future applications and petitions when they become available in the system.
Law Offices of Norka M. Schell, LLC
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is moving the existing online payment for the USCIS Immigration Fee to its Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS). Customers will soon pay $165.00 USCIS Immigration Fee using USCIS ELIS after they receive their immigrant visa package from the Department of State (DOS) and before they depart for the United States. New immigrants will also use USCIS ELIS to file future applications and petitions when they become available in the system.