Serotte Reich, LLP – Immigration Law

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to focus their efforts on employers and targeting entities that employ unauthorized workers. A San Diego-area bakery was recently indicted on federal charges for knowingly hiring and then shielding undocumented alien workers for detection from ICE. The bakery’s owner and manager have been charged with 12 felony counts […]Read More >

The government is changing its enforcement tactics and placing a greater emphasis on employers in the fight against unauthorized employment. While worksite raids targeting employees are down, audits and worksite visits targeting employers are up.   In July 2009, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) notified 652 businesses that their records will be audited.   In […]Read More >

SRW has learned that the Toronto PFI (Pearson) port of entry is charging Canadian nationals with unlawful presence provisions even if an I-94 with a set expiration date was not previously provided. Under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, noncitizens who were unlawfully present in the U.S. for more than 180 days, who […]Read More >

The Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed a new glitch with the iCERT system that can lead to LCA denials. Specifically, when registering a company or when adding a company to your account list, if the company’s FEIN begins with zero (“0”), the system drops some digits and inserts errant digits. The erroneous FEIN then […]Read More >

In connection with the notification that all employment-based visas had been allocated for FY2009, Charles Oppenheim, Chief, Immigrant Control and Reporting Division Visa Services Office, provided the following background explaining how the Department of State allocates visas through its Immigrant Visa Allocation Management System (IVAMS): USCIS submits requests for visa authorizations if all required case […]Read More >