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Focus: Hot Issues in PERM
Tuesday, October 23 is the deadline to sign up for the Thursday, October 25 phone session of "Hot Issues in PERM " with Joel Stewart, Ed Rubin, Matt Morse, Kiran Vairale, Robert Banta, David Ware, Rohit Turkhud, Rami Fakhoury, Larry Rudnick, Michael Piston and Others to be announced. The curriculum is as follows:

FIRST Phone Session on October 25 - PERM: Information Technology Update

  • Roaming Employees
  • Multiple Job Sites
  • Minimum Requirements
SECOND Phone Session on November 15 - PERM: How to Upgrade to Second Preference & Obtain H-1B Extensions Beyond the 6th Year
  • Occupations
  • Employment Qualifications
  • Education Equivalencies
  • Indian Diplomas
  • Agencies, Experts
  • Student Advisors
THIRD Phone Session on December 13 - PERM: Supervised Recruitment, Audits and Appeals
Audits, Supervised Recruitment, Requests to Reconsider, Requests for Review, and Federal Litigation
  • Audits
  • Supervised Recruitment
  • Requests to Reconsider
  • Requests For Review
  • Federal Litigation
Tuesday, October 23 is the deadline to sign up. For more info, including speaker bios, detailed curriculum, and registration information, please see: Online: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/201212.shtm.
Fax form: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/201212.pdf.

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Help Wanted: Immigration Attorneys
Multiple Locations - The Atlanta & Boston Offices of Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking staff attorneys for the firm's national Business Immigration and Global Mobility practice. Ideal candidates should have 2+ years of immigration experience with case review and analysis, client management, preparing and filing employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions including PERM processing, overseeing paralegals in case preparation, and serving as the primary contact to numerous prominent business clients. Salary is commensurate with experience. Please apply online in the career section of our website at www.seyfarth.com/careers

Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegals
Multiple Locations - The Atlanta & Boston Offices of Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking junior and senior paralegals for the firm's national Business Immigration and Global Mobility practice. Junior Immigration Paralegal candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree and a strong desire to learn the fundamentals of immigration law (in practice and theory). Senior paralegal candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of progressively responsible business immigration experience. Paralegals will participate in all aspects of the firm’s national Business Immigration and Global Mobility practice, including assisting in the management of client relationships, case review and analysis, preparing and filing employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, including PERM processing, and serving as a primary contact to numerous prominent business clients. Salary is commensurate with experience. Please apply online in the career section of our website at www.seyfarth.com/careers

Help Wanted - Immigration Paralegal
Toronto, Canada - Egan LLP is seeking a senior business immigration paralegal to manage multiple and challenging US business immigration engagements and to contribute to the delivery of solutions and ideas for our diverse institutional clients. The ideal candidate must have 5+ years of US business immigration experience, be highly organized, have strong attention to details, the ability to communicate effectively and work in a high paced environment with quick turnaround times; must have strong client management skills and experience managing or in assisting in managing client immigration programs. For more information, please visit EY Careers Website or contact Kristel Jang at Kristel.Jang@ca.ey.com

Help Wanted - Immigration Attorney
Toronto, Canada - Egan LLP is seeking an Associate Attorney to manage multiple and challenging US business immigration engagements and to contribute to the delivery of solutions and ideas for our diverse institutional clients. The ideal candidate must have JD along with admission to any US State Bar, 3+ years of business immigration experience, with an emphasis on high-volume H-1, L-1, NIV and PERM filings. Must have experience in providing advisory services, excellent managerial, organizational and verbal/written communication skills. For more information, please visit EY Careers Website or contact Lisa Chow at Lisa.Chow@ca.ey.com

Immigration Law Certificate
Classes offered both online and in-person. Master the complex and ever changing maze of immigration policies and regulations with the Immigration Law Studies Certificate Program offered by CUNY's School of Professional Studies. This graduate-level certificate program, consisting of (3) three-credit classes, offers students who complete it a comprehensive understanding of the laws, regulations, and processes surrounding the status of immigrants in the US, including family and employment-based immigration and deportation defense. It is designed for individuals working in law firms, companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations where they interact with immigrants and immigrant legal concerns on a regular basis and would therefore benefit from greater knowledge of the laws and regulations surrounding immigration. For more information on class schedules, tuition and fees, course applications and to register, see here

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