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Agency Guidances

USCIS, EB-3 Eligibility and Filing: Skilled Workers

USCIS, Interim Guidance on the Department of Labor’s final rule, Labor Certification for the Permanent Employment of Aliens in the U.S.; Reducing the Incentives and Opportunities for Fraud and Abuse and Enhancing Program Integrity (2007)

DOL/ETA - Permanent Labor Certification (PERM)

DOL/ETA - H-1B Specialty (Professional) Workers

DOL/ETA - H-2A Certification for Temporary or Seasonal Agricultural Work

DOL/ETA - H-2B Certification for Temporary Nonagricultural Work

USCIS, EB-1 Eligibility and Filing, Aliens with extraordinary ability

USCIS, EB-2 Eligibility and Filing, Members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent

USCIS, EB-4 Eligibility and Filing - Special immigrant religious workers

DOS, B-1 Visa, Entering the United States temporarily for business (B-1)

USCIS, General Information on Immigration Forms

USCIS, Handbook for Employers (M-274)

USCIS, Interim guidance for processing I-140 employment-based immigrant petitions and I-485 and H-1B petitions; December 27, 2005.

USCIS, Changes to the L Nonimmigrant Classification made by the L-1 Reform Act of 2004

DOL, Compliance Assistance, Employment Law Guide, Chapter: Workers in Professional and Specialty Occupations (H-1B and H-1B1Visas)

DOL, Employment Law Guide - Chapter: Immigration for Workers Obtaining Permanent Employment in the United States

USCIS, Guidance on Determining Periods of Admission for Aliens Previously in H-4 or L-2 Status; Aliens Applying for Additional Periods of Admission beyond the H-1B Six Year Maximum...

USCIS, About Form I-9 and E-Verify

DOL, Employment Law Guide - Chapter: Authorized Workers

Agency Web Sites

DOL/ETA: Foreign Labor Certification

DOL/ETA : Foreign Labor Certification, iCERT Portal

DOL/ETA - Foreign Labor Certification, Policies and Regulations

DOL/ETA - Advisories and Memorandums, Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Bulletins

DOL/ETA - Foreign Labor Certification Data Center

DOL/ETA - Regional Office Closures

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

USCIS, Information for Employers

USCIS, Office of Business Liaison (OBL)

USCIS, Immigration Handbooks and Manuals

USCIS, Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

DOJ, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)

DOJ, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices FAQs

UK Border Agency

Articles

DOS Publishes Interim Final Rule Regarding J-1 Trainees and Interns (June 2007)

Global Immigration Law: An Update On Compliance For Employment Counsel (2006)

Demystifying the Immigration Process to Enhance Recruitment in the Global Environment (2007)

Updated tax treaty to ease cross-border business (2007)

Best Compliance Practices and Immigration (2008)

Act Globally, Engage Locally: Fostering Ethical Corporate Cultures

Books / Publications

Global Migration Insights

Immigration Daily

Dept. of State, Visa Bulletin

Global Legal Monitor

Featured Articles

Around the World in 80 Days: Managing the Migration of Your Workforce

Forms

DOL/ETA - Application for Permanent Employment Certification, ETA Form 9089

DOL Foreign Labor Certification Forms

DOL/ETA - Application for Permanent Employment Certification, ETA Form 9089

DOL/ETA, Application for Alien Employment Certification - Part A, Form ETA 750A

DOL/ETA - Application for Alien Employment Certification - Part B, Form ETA 750B

DOL/ETA - Itemized Instructions for completing form ETA-750, Application for Alien Employment Certification

DOL/ETA - Labor Certification Application for Nonimmigrant Workers, Form ETA 9035CP

USCIS, Form I-9 - Employment Eligibility Verification

USCIS, Form I-140 - Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

USCIS, Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

USCIS, Instructions for Completing Form 129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

USCIS, Immigration Forms and Fees

International Materials

EU, Simplified admission procedures and common set of rights for third-country workers, MEMO/07/422 (October 23, 2007)

EU, Attractive conditions for the admission and residence of highly qualified immigrants, MEMO/07/423 (October 23, 2007)

National Laws

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1324b - Unfair immigration-related employment practices

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1151 - Worldwide level of immigration

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1152 - Numerical limitations on individual foreign states

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1154 - Procedure for granting immigrant status

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 USC 1101 note, 100 Statutes-at-Large 3359, Public Law 99-603)

Title 8 U.S. Code § 1324a, Unlawful employment of aliens

UK, Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, c. 33

UK, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, C. 13

UK Borders Act 2007

National Regulations

INA Regulations - Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States

8 CFR Parts 100 et seq. - Aliens and Nationality

INA Regulations, Visas - Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigrations and Nationality Act

DHS, Final Rule, Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter, 8 CFR Part 274a (August 2007)

Temporary Employment of Aliens in the United States

UK, The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008, SI 2008 No. 309 (C. 9)

UK, The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008, SI 2008 No. 99 (C. 2)

Organizations & Associations

Global Migration Group (GMG)

International Labour Organization (ILO) International Migration Programme

Postings

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) Poster English/Spanish Version

Research / Studies

Global Migration Group: Policy research, data-collection and publications (2006)

Global Commission on International Migration (Final, 2005)

Standards and Guidelines

U.S. Employment/Labor: Global Migration Domain Supplement