Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers
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Policy effect
The final rule provides benefits to participants in certain employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa programs, including improved ability for U.S. employers to hire and retain high-skilled workers and increasing the ability of those workers to seek promotions, change employers, or pursue other employment options.; The final rule amends regulations related to employment-based visa programs to provide greater stability and job flexibility, including provisions for job portability and employment authorization.
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This final rule is effective January 17, 2017.
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Other United States changes operative in 2017
- 2017-01-25Executive Order 13767: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements
- 2017-01-25Executive Order 13768: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
- 2017-01-27Executive Order 13769 (Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States)
- 2017-03-04Yemen TPS beneficiaries continuously residing in the U.S.
- 2017-03-31Rescission of Guidance Memo on H-1B Computer Related Positions (PM-602-0142)
- 2017-06-12Citizenship transmission requires longer US presence for unwed mothers
- 2017-09-05Rescission of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children”
- 2017-10-01Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2018
- 2017-11-08Matter of G- Inc., Adopted Decision 2017-05