Blog Posts in October, 2012
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OSC Answers Questions for Employers on Hiring Deferred Action Employees
Posted By Verma Law FirmOSC Answers Questions for Employers on Hiring Deferred Action Employees U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (“OSC”) is a section within the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and its primary responsibility is to enforce the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). This provision, 8 U.S.C. § 1324b, ...Continue Reading -
Center for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) regarding the option of Medicaid and CHIP Availability for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Posted By Verma Law FirmOn June 15, 2012, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decided it will consider providing temporary relief from removal by exercising deferred action on individuals that meet the following requirements on a case-by-case scenario: the individual must be under the age of thirty-one (31) as of July 15, 2012 and must have entered the U.S. under the age of sixteen (16). Additionally, the ...Continue Reading -
SCOPS Informs of H-1B Processing Updates and New Efforts from USCIS
Posted By Verma Law FirmRecently, the Service Center Operations (SCOPS) liaison committee addressed the concern regarding the delay in adjudication of cap-subject H-1B petitions at the California and Vermont Service Centers. The main concerns employers have is that the delay in adjudication will cause disruption of new, continuing and expanding projects which are dependent on the H-1B workers beginning their employment ...Continue Reading
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