WORLDWIDE ERC

Immigration

Lobbied on expanding the availability of visas for highly-skilled workers (L-1, H-1B) and temporary workers (H-2B) as well as their spouses and dependents. Lobbied to eliminate the country cap on employment-based green cards and on extending and enhancing the H-2B returning to work exemption. Lobbied on the Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security (IVES) Act - H.R. 6542 / Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act - S. 3291. Lobbied to provide the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor the authority to issue supplemental H-2B visas. Lobbied on the Trusted Employer Program, the modernization of the Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Employment-Based System with e-filing, backlog of adjudications and increase in visa application and processing fees. Lobbied on the USCIS proposed rule to increase processing fees and H-1B Modernization Rule.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Lobbied on the SECURE Notarization Act (H.R. 1059, S. 1212) to allow a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and for states to recognize notarizations performed under the laws of other states. Additionally, the bill allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements. Requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations, including remote notarizations of electronic records, that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states.