Employers are desperate for employees and foreign nationals are desperate for stable employment. These team members want to join forces and need each other for survival. This will be an intermediate session about how to successfully draft the Request for Prevailing Wage Determination, recruit for the position, draft and file the PERM Application, and the I-140. And, all the while creating a PERM Audit file so that the case is ready for the fight against DOL if the dreaded audit raises its ugly head!

George Ernst

Dayna Wheatley

Jason Susser

Panelists will provide an overview of the most recent changes in case law from the United States Supreme Court and the impact on practioners before EOIR. The panel will take an in-depth examination of the Niz-Chavez court ruling and Motions to Reopen before various immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Key concepts relating to practice before EOIR in this new era. 

Logan Luquette

Matt Boles

The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) is a special provision that provides relief to children who face the issue of “aging out”, that is turning 21 years old and thereby losing their status as “child”, due to excessive government delays in processing. This seminar will take an in-depth focus on the CSPA provisions, it’s applicability and how to challenge government formulations of “age”. Additionally, this panel will examine child applicants in a macro level, giving special focus to Special Immigrant Juvenile Applicants and Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) migrants. 

Laura Ferner

Stacie Hammond

Hiroko Kusuda

A foreign national with disposable income and/or an idea of how they want to invest the money will come to you looking for guidance. Many are familiar with the EB-5 concept and assume that this is the best route – but is it? Perhaps the E-2 Visa is a better option. Sometimes the investor has a company abroad and the better immigration option is the L-1A Visa, and then LPR. Learn about these mind-blowing options for your client!

Misty Wilson Borkowski

As we transition into legal practice post pandemic, the role of technology has changed immensely. This series will focus on the role of technology in immigration courts, remote adjudication, telephonic appearances and electronic filings. Additionally, how can expanded access to technology result in better representation of respondents, especially within the detained setting? (This session was given at the Texas A&M School of Law)

Fatma Marouf

Ingrid Eagly

Farming employers love their hard-working foreign national employees. Seasonal non-agri employers love their hard-working foreign national employees. But everyone HATES the process. A skilled immigration attorney gives you the tools and skills needed to tame this BEAST of a process. WATCH OUT – Congress and/or DOL just changed the rules! FAST – all of the Visas are running out! 

Ashley Foret Dees

According to the United States Department of State, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect routine visa operations at the U.S. consulates and embassies across the world. Moreover, the NVC has announced that Employment Visas are at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to visa processing and NIEs and “Emergency” appointments keep getting delayed and delayed. When will immigrants and their respective representatives begin to see U.S. consulates and embassies push cases through and schedule interviews? How can representatives expedite client cases and what is considered an emergency situation?  How do you get your client’s workers here ASAP in this climate? This series will focus on tips to navigate through the complex backlog presented in consular processing matters before the Department of State and before the National Visa Center. 

Stephen Pattison

Lily S. Axelrod

Panelists will provide an overview of how to effectively advocate for your client when your client is compelled to attend a federal agency proceeding or federal agency examination. Subjects will include: what entitlements and rights does the compelled person have during a compulsory agency proceeding under the APA, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Constitution; what entitlements and rights does the retained private attorney have under the APA, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Constitution during his client’s compulsory agency proceeding; how to address an agency employee or agency supervisor who is refusing to honor and accept your or your client’s statutory, regulatory or Constitutional rights and entitlements during the compulsory agency proceeding; and how to litigate to enforce your and your client’s right to effective attorney representation during a compulsory agency proceeding or agency examination. 

Michael W. Gahagan

The odds of H-1B selection seem to decrease exponentially every year. Employers and foreign nationals want to explore other options. This panel will discuss alternatives and other underutilized visas that may save the day.

Kathleen Gasparian

Doug Russo

It seems every other client call or consultation is having to tell a client no or to be patient. On top of record delays and slow changes to the immigration system, there is a sea of misinformation and unethical salesmanship on social media. How do you balance being the bearer of bad news while maintaining your client’s trust? In this seminar, the panelists will speak about the ethics of content delivery from the attorney standpoint, office management standpoint and legal assistant standpoint. 

Paul "Woody" Scott

Erin Farrel

Vianeth Madrid