11-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

This year’s program will examine key immigration trends and hot topics for 2013.  You will hear from Washington insiders about what is likely to happen with immigration legislation in the coming months, including the real possibility of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  Will anything move on bills eliminating the per-country limit for employment-based cases, or increasing immigration opportunities for high-skilled workers?  What can we expect from the Department of Labor - more audits, supervised recruitment?  Can employers expect continued increases in ICE enforcement activities and Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) inspections?

Join us at this year’s Institute to hear an outstanding faculty of leading practitioners in the field discuss recent reforms and developments that impact your practice.  Topics will include issues related to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) applications, new immigration initiatives in Washington and around the country, immigrant and nonimmigrant processing issues, and new laws and policies related to enforcement.

What you will learn

  • Legislative update - the evolving efforts at immigration reform
  • L-1B adjudications at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State - will the trends continue?      
  • Temporary and long-term solutions to immigration issues facing employers with mobile employees - what to do with traveling workers?
  • Trends in USCIS Adjudication
  • H-1B cap analysis for FY 13, and a look forward to FY 14
  • PERM adjudication - where is it moving - what triggers audits and supervised recruitment?
  • State legislation, E-Verify changes, employer sanctions and interior enforcement - are there Fourth Amendment issues?
  • USCIS’ transitions to an online, centralized manual of immigration policies - will the manual improve consistency and transparency and how will this affect your practice?
  • Tips for filing approvable I-601 provisional unlawful presence waivers under USCIS’ new rules.
  • Strategies for protecting employers from immigration-related penalties, including comprehensive compliance programs for LCAs, I-9s, PERMs, and more.

Who should attend

This program is for attorneys specializing in immigration law, as well as those who work with immigration matters as part of a diverse practice or at large international law firms. The program is also valuable for in-house counsel and personnel managers at corporations who have responsibility for employment and immigration matters.

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