On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Sep 30, 2019 | Employment Immigration, Family Immigration
Starting on October 15, the use of public welfare benefits will negatively affect your eligibility for immigration and immigration status changes. This is due to the new criteria for “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” which limits the capacity for individuals...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Mar 5, 2019 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
In Pennsylvania and throughout the country, approximately 17 percent of the workforce is comprised of immigrants. Any worker, immigrant or not, typically encounters challenges when starting a new job. Immigrants, however, might struggle with certain employment...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Oct 29, 2018 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
Many Pennsylvania businesses are owned by people who emigrated from other countries. Employment-based immigration allows thousands of foreign nationals to obtain visas that allow them to enter the United States for the purpose of living and working here. Many of them...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | May 3, 2017 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
There are various nonimmigrant visa programs here in the United States. A nonimmigrant visa authorizes a person from another country to temporarily stay in the U.S. for a particular purpose. Today’s post will be focused on one nonimmigrant visa program in particular:...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Aug 13, 2015 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
Pennsylvania employers may not be required to file a new or amended petition for employees who are on an H-1B visa and who moved to another geographic location if the move occurred prior to April 9, 2015, but the new clarification of the United States Citizenship and...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Aug 6, 2015 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
Pennsylvania readers may be interested to learn that federal lawmakers from both parties are proposing immigration reform ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline for the renewal of the EB-5 program for immigrant investors. The EB-5 visa allows immigrants who invest at least...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Jul 31, 2015 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
In a case that could impact workers in Pennsylvania and across the United States, a federal court in New York has ruled that employees are not required to produce immigration documents when suing employers over wage and hour disputes. This is significant because...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Jul 10, 2015 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
Employers in Pennsylvania who have hired foreign employees through the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program could be affected by a recent decision by the Administrative Appeals Office. Although AAO decisions are generally limited to the case at hand, the AAO does issue rare...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | May 7, 2015 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
Athletic competitions and events occur all over the world, and when they are held in the United States, foreign athletes must obtain P-1A visa classification prior to entering the country via Pennsylvania or another state. The athletes may be performing as individuals...
On behalf of Mattes & Mahon, PC | Apr 23, 2015 | Employment Immigration, Firm News
The government has issued a record number of H-1B visas for fiscal year 2016, according to figures released recently. The number of work permits that will be granted to foreign employees in the areas of science, engineering and computer programming will total 233,000....
