Sophie Alcorn, attorney, author and founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley, California, is an award-winning Certified Specialist Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State ...

As we move through Fall 2024, employers navigating the PERM labor certification process face a range of challenges. The process—essential for sponsoring foreign workers for permanent residency—has ...

The process of applying for green card sponsorships for foreign workers has become increasingly complex for employers in recent years. This is due in part to even more rigorous enforcement of labor ...

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that ...

PERM Program Changes—Well-Intended but Potential for Problems DOL issued proposed revisions back in 2020, and after the required notice and comment period during which the DOL accepted comments from ...

In recent months there have been discussions regarding layoffs in the tech industry. Despite an overall low unemployment rate, a recent Nerd Wallet article cited layoffs at 794 companies in 2023 alone ...

PHOENIX, Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Frontier Immigration Law is drawing attention to a lesser-known immigration process that may help address staffing shortages in the public sector. The ...

UAB supports sponsorship for permanent residence in the EB-1B and EB-2 PERM categories. HSF supports sponsorship in the EB-2 PERM category. As outlined below, the EB-1B category is for tenure-track ...

Google has informed employees that it will resume and significantly ramp up Green Card applications through the PERM process in 2026, ending a pause that has lasted nearly three years. The move marks ...