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Christine works with organizations that hire foreign nationals, assisting them with sponsorship petitions and applications for work authorization, immigration policy development and training programs, and advising on regulatory compliance. She also has experience preparing nonimmigrant petitions, immigrant petitions, PERM and employment-based green cards, as well as representing clients before U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Department of State.

On October 23, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the H-1B regulations. These proposed rules are seen as a significant step to modernize the H-1B requirements and address issues of fraud that occurred in the previous H-1B lottery cycle. Comments for these proposed rules will be accepted through December 22, 2023.

It was widely reported last month—including by the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press— that the U.S. government is investigating alleged collusion by some companies to “increase the chances that their prospective foreign hires will win a coveted H-1B visa for skilled foreign workers in this year’s [visa] lottery,” as the Wall Street Journal