Welcome Changes For Cos. Hiring Foreign Talent: Part 2

By Andrew Greenfield (July 12, 2017, 2:01 PM EDT) -- This is the next in a series of articles discussing a new immigration regulation, "The Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers," which went into effect on Jan. 17, 2017.[1] The regulation implements various aspects of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (AC-21)[2] and, among other things, recognizes a novel type of employment authorization available to temporary workers facing "compelling circumstances." Part 1 of the series discusses an aspect of the regulation that now makes it easier for U.S. employers to recruit foreign talent that have been laid off by a prior sponsor in the preceding 60 days....

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