Sunday, April 19, 2015

MU VISA ADVISOR: H-1B TELECONFERENCE APRIL 22, 2015


MU Law will be holding a free teleconference for our clients on April 22,
2015 at 2PM ET / 11AM PT.  Interested clients should email MU’s Annalisa
Smith (annalisa@muimmigration.com), who can register you for the
teleconference.

The agenda will include:

1.       H-1B cap update.

2.       Analysis of the new H-1B ruling, Matter of Simeio Solutions, which
mandates a new or amended H-1B petition whenever there is a change in the
employment location.

3.       What the new Visa Bulletin means for the Philippines EB-3
category.

4.       Hot topics in PERM adjudications.

5.       Legislative update.

Please contact your MU immigration attorney if you have any questions about
this MU Visa Advisor or any other immigration issue.

Thursday, April 9, 2015

MU VISA ADVISOR: NEW H-1B NOW REQUIRED WHEN AN H-1B WORKER CHANGES LOCATION

MU VISA ADVISOR:   NEW H-1B NOW REQUIRED WHEN AN H-1B WORKER CHANGES LOCATION

In a dramatic change ignoring 20 years of past precedent, the
petition must be filed every time an H-1B employee changes worksites, if
the new worksite is outside of the original metropolitan area.

Effective immediately all MU Law client-employers must file new or amended
H-1B petitions to protect these H-1B workers.  This will dramatically and
negatively change the process for many H-1B employers, especially those
employers in the staffing and consulting industries.  These industries
should expect to spend additional time and cost preparing and filing
previously unnecessary H-1B amendment petitions.

The AAO decision is titled, Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC.