WORLDWIDE ERC

Immigration

U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 (HR 1177) (Would make sweeping change to the United States immigration, visa, and border control system, including reversal and Congressional prohibition of many of the immigration-related executive actions of the previous administration; providing a path to legal residence for current DACA dreamers and others, essential workers in non-immigrant status, ending country-specific visa annual limits; granting immediate relative status to spouses and children of green card holders; and including other green card changes to recapture visas and exempt STEM degrees) U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship (Modernize the Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Employment-Based System with E-Filing. As a first step to green card reform, eliminate the employment-based per country green card limits to create a first-come first-served green card system. Increase certainty and efficiency with a Trusted Employer program to pre-certify immigration-compliant employers, saving resources for top government priorities) Engaged the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on improvements to U.S. immigration system including E-Verify as well as processes for entry into the U.S. Modernize the nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based system with e-filing. Increase certainty and save resources with Trusted Employer to pre-certify immigration-compliant employers, saving resources for top government priorities. Modifying then Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions; Delay of Effective Date, 86 Fed. Reg. 7656 (Delay of effective date of final rule of a wage-based H-1B lottery process until December 31, 2021 proposed in the Department of Homeland Security) Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States: Proposed Delay of Effective Date, 86 Fed. Reg. 7656 (February 1, 2021) [DOL Docket No. ETA-2020-0006] (Delay until May 14 of effective date of final rule to change required wage computations for occupational immigration programs). Identifying Barriers Across U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Benefits and Services; Request for Public Input, 86 Fed. Reg. 20398 (April 19, 2021). (Modernize the nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based system with e-filing. Increase certainty and save resources with Trusted Employer to pre-certify immigration-compliant employers, saving resources for top government priorities).