Week: October 28 - November 1, 2024
In this week's newsletter, President Biden released an extensive memorandum on the United States and artificial intelligence with further guidance on the AI executive order issued last year, the U.S. State Department issued a record-breaking 11.5 million visas in fiscal year 2024 and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged for the maximum allowable number of additional H-2B visas for fiscal year 2025. Plus, the latest in global immigration news.
Also, read our expert analysis article on maintaining I-9 compliance, review our analysis of the recent AI survey results and listen to this week's episode of The BAL Immigration Report where BAL's David Wagner and Nathan McKinlay-Roy discuss when employers should consider treaty visas as viable options for their immigration programs.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced that the U.S. State Department issued a record-breaking 11.5 million visas in fiscal year 2024.
President Biden released a memorandum on the United States and AI providing further guidance on Executive Order 14110.
The State Department issued a correction of the Diversity Visa (DV) 2026 Federal Register notice.
The State Department has resumed full immigrant visa processing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut for Lebanese family members of U.S. citizens.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor to release the maximum allowable number of additional H-2B visas for fiscal year 2025.
In this week's episode, BAL's David Wagner and Nathan McKinlay-Roy discuss the viable options employers should consider when investigating treaty visas.