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New Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization for E-visa Dependent Spouses

March 10, 2022

  New Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization for E-visa Dependent Spouses   USCIS policy alert from November 12, 2021, states that the employment authorization procedure for E and L nonimmigrant dependent spouses will become automatic.   What does this change mean?   USCIS will consider E and L dependent spouses to be employment authorized for…

Land and Ferry Travelers to the US No Longer Need to Present a Negative COVID-19 Test to Enter

March 10, 2022

  Land and Ferry Travelers to the US No Longer Need to Present a Negative COVID-19 Test to Enter The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a minor change to travel restrictions regarding land travel and ferry ports of entry.  In December, the DHS announced that they would restrict land and ferry travel…

H-1B Visa Denials Dropped In 2021

March 10, 2022

  H-1B Visa Denials Dropped In 2021 H-1B Visa application denial rates have dropped significantly in 2021 with only 4% of applications being denied. This was down from a denial rate of 13% in the year before. The H-1B visa is an employment-based, temporary work, non-immigrant visa. This visa offers companies the opportunity to bring…

The Department of Homeland Security Has Announced Tighter Travel Restrictions for 2022

March 10, 2022

  The Department of Homeland Security Has Announced Tighter Travel Restrictions for 2022 The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that they will tighten COVID-19 travel restrictions on travelers from Mexico and Canada at land ports of entry (POEs) and ferry terminals.  As you can read about in our last article about the November…

Manufacturing SMEs are Among the Hardest Hit by the Supply Chain Problems

March 10, 2022

  Manufacturing SMEs are Among the Hardest Hit by the Supply Chain Problems All across the world over the last several months, supply chain problems have hit many industries hard. Some of the most famous examples of this include Chick-Fil-A being short on sauces and Wingstop running low on chicken wings. But those are just…

H-1B & L-1 Visa Holders Spouses are Soon to Get Automatic Employment Extension Authorization

March 10, 2022

  H-1B & L-1 Visa Holders Spouses are Soon to Get Automatic Employment Extension Authorization Before we get started, let’s break down the visas that we are going to talk about in this article. L-1A & L-1B visas are issued to temporary intracompany transferees who work in management positions or have special knowledge. L-2 visas…

The US Restricts Travel from Several African Countries After a New Covid Variant is Discovered

March 10, 2022

  The US Restricts Travel from Several African Countries After a New Covid Variant is Discovered The United States has imposed travel restrictions on eight African countries starting on Monday, November 28, 2021, because of a new Covid variant. The new variant is the Omicron variant. It was first discovered in South Africa and is…

Greenpeace Germany Sues Volkswagen for Failing to Help Stop Climate Change

March 10, 2022

  Greenpeace Germany Sues Volkswagen for Failing to Help Stop Climate Change Volkswagen, the famous German car manufacturer, has been sued in a German court by Clara Mayer, an environmental activist and the heads of Greenpeace Germany. Volkswagen is being accused of not doing enough to combat climate change. Mayer and Greenpeace Germany gave Volkswagen…

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Warren Buffett Gets Conned

June 9, 2020

Warren Buffet Gets Conned Do you know Berkshire Hathaway? If you know them, then you know that they are owned by the legendary investor Warren Buffett, who is trying to collect companies like a regular person would collect stamps or coins. Berkshire Hathaway was on a shopping tour around 2016/2017 and they identified a pipe…

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