Jul
13
E-verify: A Helpful Big Brother?
July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Review and analysis of E-Verify program and procedures
Copyright Farhad Sethna, 2008
Question: should an employer adopt the E-Verify program?
Answer: Briefly, my answer is “no”. Here is why:
1. The E-Verify program relies on a Social Security Administration database which by the SSA’s own estimate has a 4.1% error rate. Therefore, for every one hundred [...]
May
16
Every year, American universities graduate thousands of bright, eager, and hard working foreign students. These students usually graduate with Masters Degrees or Ph D’s in the Sciences or Management. Upon graduation, some students choose to return to their homeland. Others however, desire to remain in the United States and seek employment in this country. American [...]
May
16
Every year, American universities graduate thousands of bright, eager, and hard working foreign students. These students usually graduate with Masters Degrees or Ph D’s in the Sciences or Management. Upon graduation, some students choose to return to their homeland. Others however, desire to remain in the United States and seek employment [...]
May
16
The TN VISA: An Option for Canadian Professionals
May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The TN Visa arose out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. TN stands for “Trade Nafta.” Under the NAFTA, citizens of Canada and Mexico had, through varying degrees, the use of a new non-immigrant visa category, called the “TN” Visa to enter and work in the United States. I [...]
May
16
I have discussed employment-based visas, labor certification, H-1Bs, exceptional and extraordinary ability aliens, and L-1 transfers in various articles on my website. However, I wanted to write one article which would cover in general terms, the “nuts and bolts” of immigration for professionals and degree-holders or equivalent through the time-tested H-1b [...]
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