Partner Camiel Becker will speak on a national webinar titled “DACA and TPS Under Attack: Using Employment-Based Strategies to Obtain a More Secure Status” on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM PST (2:00 pm ET). That national American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) based out of Washington, DC, is hosting the webinar for immigration lawyers
Partner Camiel Becker will speak about employment-based immigration options for DACA recipients on a panel sponsored by the Alameda Bar Association Immigration section and AILA NorCal on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm. The first half of the session will provide updates on the Supreme Court’s decision by Anna Manuel, who will provide strategies
Associate Attorney Emily Wilson spoke on a panel about the basics of PERM labor certifications – the first step in most employment-based green card processes – at the year’s largest conference on immigration law hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The session “Labor Certification 102” included guidance on recruitment, mandatory recruitment, supplemental recruitment, and
On June 20, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals on certain employment-based nonimmigrant visas into the United States. The proclamation is effective June 24, 2020, and remains in effect through at least December 31, 2020, with the possibility of continued extension and modifications. The proclamation also extended President Trump’s
Founding partner, Camiel Becker, will be speaking at a continuing legal education course sponsored by the AILA Northern California Chapter about I-9 audits and social security no match letters today October 2, 2019 at 4pm. He will be joined by co-panelist Olivia Lee, partner at Minami Tamaki LLP. The panel will discuss how to prepare
Founding partner Camiel Becker was interviewed by Univision KDTV about the unintended immigration consequences of the newly passed California bill AB 5. Becker explained that although converting gig workers to “employees” under state law will generally help workers, it may also adversely impact undocumented workers. Currently, any independent contractor – including immigrants without work authorization
Camiel Becker will present with attorneys Maxine D. Bayley of Duane Morris and Katy Lopez of Weaver Schlenger LLP to a group of immigration attorneys at the Alameda County Bar Association in Oakland, CA . The panel will discuss pre-filing strategies and ways to get H-1B petitions approved after USCIS issues Requests for Evidence. Among
Maria Mendoza-Sanchez, an oncology nurse and mother of four children in Oakland, was deported in 2017 under new Trump Administration policies. Since then, Becker & Lee LLP has assisted Maria Mendoza-Sanchez in obtaining an approved H-1B petition and also helped with the processing of a 212(d)3 waiver which was filed this week at the US
USCIS announced that it has received 190,098 H-1B petitions during the first five business days in April, thus marking another year in which the agency received more H-1B petitions than it can approve. Last year, USCIS received 199,000 petitions during the same filing window. Congress mandates a cap of about 85,000 H-1B visas allowed per
USCIS announced the temporary suspension of premium processing for all Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 cap-subject petitions, regardless of whether the petition is filed for foreign workers with bachelor’s degrees or US master’s degrees. This suspension is expected to last until Sept. 10, 2018. During this time, USCIS will continue to accept premium processing requests for H-1B petitions that are not subject