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April 2013. Global HR News Business Immigration Trends and Reform. With You Today. Ethan Kaufman, Esq. [email protected] +1 212 891-7510 Fragomen , Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 7 Hanover Square New York, NY 10004-2756 Phone: (212) 688-8555 Fax: (212) 446-0373 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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April 2013
Global HR NewsBusiness Immigration Trends and Reform
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With You Today
Ethan Kaufman, Esq. [email protected]+1 212 891-7510
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP7 Hanover SquareNew York, NY 10004-2756Phone: (212) 688-8555Fax: (212) 446-0373E-Fax: (212)208-4443
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Agenda
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Agenda
► Business Immigration Trends• H-1B Cap• Visa Quota
► Business Immigration Reform
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Business Immigration Trends
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H-1B Cap FY 2014
► 65,000 Annual Ceiling Fiscal year (October 1st – September 30th) 6,800 for citizens of Chile and Singapore
► 20,000 additional visas allocated to holders of advanced degrees from U.S. universities
► H-1Bs valid as of October 1st► April 1 filing date
Applicant must qualify when filed
►Cap met April 5, 2013►Highest levels since 2008
2008: 163,000 filings in first 5 days 2013: 124,000 filings in first 5 days
►FY 2014: Lottery
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H Cap Considerations
► Business Visitors will receive special scrutiny in light of H-1B Cap
► Requirements temporary visit On foreign payroll Activity in U.S. benefits foreign employer No local employment
► Cap exemptions & prior H-1B?► Remember options for Chile, Singapore, Canada
Australia► EAD eligible?
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Quota Retrogression As Of April 2013
Employment-Based
All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed
CHINA – Mainland Born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C C C C C
2nd C 01APR08 01SEP04 C C
3rd 01JUL07 22APR07 08DEC02 01JUL07 08SEP06
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Business Immigration Reform
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The National Conversation on Immigration
► Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) considered by President Bush
► Momentum behind the push for immigration reform is stronger now than it has been at any time since 2007
► Driving force behind this new momentum is the Latino vote Latino voters favored President Obama over Mitt Romney by 71 percent
to 28 percent Key Republicans reconsidered position on immigration
► President Obama pushed immigration reform as an early agenda item Inaugural speech -- January 21, 2013 “Now’s the time” speech, Las Vegas, NV -- January 29, 2013 State of the Union address -- February 12, 2013 Meeting with Business leaders on Common Sense Immigration Reform –
March 13, 2013
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Five Key Areas of Activity
1. White House Comprehensive Reform Bill 2. Senate “Gang of 8” Negotiations on CIR 3. Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 (I-Squared Act)4. Durbin-Grassley H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act 5. House Bi-partisan Negotiations on CIR
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White House Comprehensive Reform Bill
► Drafted to encourage Congress to enact CIR legislation
► Four parts
1. Continuing to strengthen border security
2. Cracking down on employers that hire undocumented workers
3. Creating a path to earned citizenship
4. Streamlining our legal immigration system
► Strong on green cards, silent on H-1Bs
► No high skilled provisions
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“Gang of Eight” Negotiations on CIR
► Bi-Partisan Team of Senators
► “Our Gang”:
► Four Basic Pillars Path to citizenship tied to increase border security Reform/streamline immigration system Employment verification system Improving process for admitting future workers
► Strong on green cards, silent on H-1Bs
► Includes but does not focus on high skilled immigrants
► Agreement between AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
John McCain (R-Ariz.) Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz.)
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“I-Squared”
► Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 introduced 1/29/2013 Orin Hatch (R-Utah)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn)
Marco Rubio (R-Fl)
Chris Coons (D-Del)
► Increase the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000
► “Uncap” the existing H-1B exemption for those with advance degrees from U.S. universities
► Establish a market-based escalator, and de-escalator, so that the supply can rise and fall according to shifts in demand
► Increase the existing H-1B training and scholarship fee by $1000, and add a $1000 fee for employment-based green cards, to be devoted through state-level funding to improved STEM education
► Employment authorization for H-4 spouses
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“I-Squared” (continued)
► "Recapture" green card numbers that were previously authorized by Congress but that were not issued, and therefore expired
► Roll over unused green cards to the following fiscal year, so that processing delays or other obstacles will no longer result in the waste of needed green card numbers
► Exempt certain categories of persons from the green card cap: spouses and minor children of employment-based green card recipients those who have earned an advanced degree in a STEM field from a U.S.
university those with "extraordinary ability" outstanding researchers
► Eliminate "per country" limits on employment-based green cards, and increase those limits for family-based green cards
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►Recruitment/no displacement attestations for all H-1B employers
►Prohibition on placement of H-1B employees (and L-1 employees in some cases) at customer sites without first obtaining a waiver from the Department of Labor
►Increased likelihood of government compliance audits
►Prevailing wage requirement for L-1s
►Higher calculation of prevailing wages for H-1Bs
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Durbin-Grassley H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act
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House Bi-Partisan Negotiations on CIR
►House Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform,
February 5, 2013
►Bi-partisan group of negotiators have been working behind the
scenes to put together a comprehensive reform proposal
►House bill under discussion
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Timeline for Senate Action
►January 28, 2013 – “Gang of Eight” announces CIR
►February 13, 2013 – Senate Committee on the Judiciary holds
first hearing on comprehensive immigration reform
►February/March 2013 – potential second committee hearing,
focusing on economic and business issues
►March 2013 – drafting of CIR Senate bill
►April 2013 – introduction of CIR bill
►May 2013 – markup of bill in Committee
►Summer 2013 – potential floor debate
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Thank You