Pearl Immigration Blog
U.S. Immigration News
Volume 131 (February 23, 2012)
- Passenger Prescreening Initiative Expands to Additional Airports — The new airports include Logan, JFK, Newark, O’Hare, San Francisco and both Washington, DC, airports.
- USCIS Ombudsman Recommends Improving Adjudication Quality for Extraordinary Ability and Other Employment-based Adjudications — An objective standard continues to elude adjudicators.
- More than One Million Employers Use E-Verify; USCIS Announces Expansion of Self Check — Self Check is now available in all states and territories.
- Webinars on Employment Verification — Scheduled for March and April.
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Global Immigration News
April 2012
- Australia — Caution should be exercised when dismissing 457 visa holders; tax benefits will soon be lost for expatriates; and reforms are coming in the employer-nominated permanent entry programs.
- Canada — Online and Accelerated Labor Market Opinion (LMO) Program announced
- France — More on new restrictions; France implements the EU Blue Card
- Italy — Italy implements the Integration Agreement.
- Netherlands — The Highly Educated Foreigners Scheme is being expanded to include more universities; family reunification rules are being tightened; and the EU Blue Card salary threshold has been announced for 2012.
- South Africa — Significant amendments to the Refugees Act and the Immigration Act, 2002, are expected; among other things, applying to change a visitor permit to a work or medical permit will be prohibited. Also, those wishing to work in South Africa for longer than three months must obtain an appropriate permit.
The Pearl Global Immigration Update provides periodic alerts about noteworthy developments in global-related immigration.
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