The H-1B Maze: Guiding Clients through an Ever-Changing Landscape
| Live Event Date: 07/11/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
H-1B visas are an essential visa category in any business immigration lawyer’s toolkit. Given the volume of H-1B filings, the regulations and policies are frequently changing. The speakers on this advanced seminar will explore how complex fact scenarios can impact H-1B filings, amendments, and extensions. They also will discuss current H-1B trends and compliance requirements and provide valuable perspectives to help attorneys advise corporate clients with confidence.
Featured Topics:
- Best practices for remote or hybrid employment and advising companies on compliance issues
- Changes in approved employment and work location and when to file an amendment
- Ability-to-pay issues, H-1B registration fraud, and day one Curricular Practical Training (CPT) complications
- Best practices for public access files (PAFs) and site visits
- DOL and USCIS compliance in corporate reorganizations
- Cap-exemption strategies: concurrent H-1Bs, cap-exempt employers, geography-based options
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings (CLE Credit Available for $35)
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings (from October 2020–present) as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions. CLE credit is included with purchase for live participants.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free. Recordings are CLE eligible in most jurisdictions and an administration fee is required to obtain CLE credit.
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Magaly R. Cheng (DL), AILA DOS Liaison Committee, Boston, MA
William R. Hummel, AILA Global Migration Section Steering Committee Chair, Charlotte, NC
William R. Hummel is a partner at Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm based in Charlotte, NC and handles both U.S. and Global Immigration. William is certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by the North Carolina State Bar. He is the Immediate Past Chair of AILA’s Global Migration Section. Mr. Hummel received his joint JD/Master’s Degree from the University of Florida.
Nicole Simon, AILA USCIS Case Assistance Committee Chair, Philadelphia, PA
*Dalina Callaghan, Washington D.C.