116 Canadian employers in breach of TFWP rules, fines total $1.5 million
Some 6% of participating employers were found to be out of compliance based on an Employment and Social Development Canada inspection; 93 faced monetary penalties.
Canada makes play for foreign STEM workers
A new plan aims to attract highly skilled talent through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Separately, decades of IMP work permit data revised downward.
H-2B visa delays ‘entirely unacceptable’; US senators urge DOL action
Legislators urge DOL Acting Secretary Julie Su to address the current processes for obtaining H-2B visas, as delays are causing substantial hardship to employers in their states.
Amid potential H-1B lottery fraud, USCIS eyes change
US Citizenship and Immigration Services is warning of fraud in its H1-B lottery process and announced it plans to improve the system.
US plans pilot program to allow stateside H-1B visa renewals
The US State Department is launching a pilot program to allow some workers on H1-B and L-1 visas to remain in the country while renewing their visas, something that hasn’t been permitted since 2004.
