Immigration

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

As many of you may know, April 7 was the last day H-1B cap petitions were accepted for FY 2016. Although the flurry of H-1B filings is over, employers must now focus on ensuring compliance with H-1B regulations. Any employer filing H-1B petitions must prepare for the possibility of a Wage and...

Immigration

Careen Shannon | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

A federal court injunction against key portions of President Obama’s executive action on immigration has put a halt to programs intended to help eligible non-citizens apply for temporary protection from deportation from the United States. (See Memorandum and Order in Texas v. United States...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Introduction On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced a re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba that would ease sanctions of the half-century-long Cuba embargo. Since the early 1960s, the economic embargo on Cuba enacted stringent restrictions on travel and trade for persons...