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Vince will be speaking at the Kendall Square Association on top unanswered questions about the H-1B program. Sign up for a complimentary lunch and learn more about this hot topic.For details and registration: http://www.kendallsq.org/event/ksa-lunch-learn-top-unanswered-questions-h1-b-program/

Check out Vince's latest immigration blog "Immigration Lawyer On Call" at www.immigrationlawyeroncall.com.

Timing is everything. Congress sets a limit on the number of H-1B visas available each year. While the H-1B numbers for the next fiscal year do not become available until October 1, 2015, employers may file petitions to request numbers as early as six months in advance, i.e., April 1, 2015. As a result, we are writing to encourage employers to review their hiring needs and determine whether they should initiate H-1B processing for anticipated hires, or even recent hires in other nonimmigrant status now. This past fiscal year, we ran out of H-1B numbers within the first five days...

Vince Lau will be joining Pamela Mick and Roger Tsai on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 2PM (ET) on a webinar entitled "Recent BALCA Cases That May Impact Your Next PERM Application." This is a national webinar sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association which has 13,000 members worldwide.

Last night, President Obama addressed the nation with a speech announcing executive actions that he would be taking to address the "broken" immigration system that we have. Shortly thereafter, each of the affected agencies issued memos which provided further details concerning the different executive actions. Some of these will take effect in a matter of months while most will require further regulatory action and agency review. As information is issued, Clark Lau LLC will help you plan for the changes that lie ahead. What follows is a broad overview of what to expect: Employment Authorization for Certain H-4s. Rules are...