Blogging from the AILA Annual convention in Las Vegas

I’m at the annual meeting of the American Immigration Lawyers Association here in Las Vegas. More than 10, 000 lawyers gathered here in Las Vegas to learn about the most recent updates from the Government directly.

We just finished a session with the Department of Labor. Some of the key news is that more company audits are on the way. In fact, currently there are 200 cases pending in the audit line. They promised more audits as the icert system will become a standard in filing PERM, LCA and Prevailing wage requests.

Also H2B cases now must prevailing wage requests directly with the Chicago DOL center. There is a slight delay in processing. They are currenlty working on PWD’s filed on May 8th or before. Wea ll need to be patient.

I will keep posting more updates as the day progresses. Next I am off to the USCIS open forum. More exciting news to report soon.

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