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Managing Partner Vincent Lau will be joining national experts Ian Wagreich of Chicago, Illinois and Maggie Murphy of Austin, Texas on Thursday, September 8, 2016 on an American Immigration Lawyers Association panel addressing prevailing wage challenges and strategies in connection with permanent resident options for employees. Prevailing wage is the wage at or above which an employer must offer a foreign national employee in seeking legal permanent residency, i.e., a green card. Due to a host of reasons, employers are facing an uphill battle in obtaining timely and accurate prevailing wage determinations from the U.S. Department of Labor. Without a...

USCIS Ombudsman Telephone ConferenceThe Ombudsman Office was created independent of USCIS and its role has been to work with USCIS stakeholders in resolving processing problems. On 8/31/2016, Vince joined Steve Springer of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA) and the Ombudsman Office in providing stakeholders an update and the impact of long delays in USCIS' processing of employment authorization document applications (Form I-765), H-1B extensions, and change of status applications (I-539). The telephone conference was to bring to USCIS' attention to the negative impact and frustrations international student advisers and private practitioners face.The telephone conference also allowed for...

New Option for Entrepreneurs?Among the many different immigration proposals set forth by President Obama's Executive Action in November 2015 was one which would provide entrepreneurs an opportunity to remain in the United States to oversee their start-ups. This week the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") released a proposed rule, entitled the International Entrepreneur Rule, which would allow individuals, and their families, who met certain criteria to be admitted, to remain, and to work in the United States for an initial period of up to two years, with the possibility of an extension of up to three years. The work permission...

Corporate America News just announced its 2016 Legal Elite Awards. Thank you for selecting Clark Lau LLC as the "Most Innovative Immigration Law Firm - Massachusetts."We look forward to helping employers/employees, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, researchers, and professionals from all walks of life in developing U.S. immigration strategies that work and that help them achieve their goals and dreams.

Come join us on August 11, 2016 at 7PM in Kendall Square for a great family event! Clark Lau LLC joins the Cambridge Arts Council and the Kendall Square Association for a Family Film Night. Free gift to the first 200 attendees!Come check us out: https://www.kendallsq.org/film-night/

Clark Lau LLC welcomes three new paralegals to its team:Kodjo Kumi who is a graduate of Brown University;Molly O'Shea who is a graduate of Georgetown University; andLucas J. Thoreson who is a graduate of Williams College.In addition, as of this fall, team members Shannon Lee and Lucas Sutherland will continue with Clark Lau LLC as Law Clerks as they attend law school at Northeastern University and Boston University, respectively.Check out our website for details about all of our team members.