Regulatory Compliance, Employment Initiatives 17 Jan 2025 compliance, immigration, dhs, employment authorization, tps, re-registration, venezuelan nationals

🇻🇪Extension of TPS for Venezuelans

Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the 2023 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, beginning on April 3, 2025, and ending on October 2, 2026. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through October 2, 2026, must re-register during the re- registration period described in this notice.

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Compliance, Regulatory Updates 16 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, immigration, employer responsibilities, adoption and foster care, legal obligations

📋Regulatory Update on Adjustment of Status for Business Employers

On May 12, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) published an interim final rule titled "Eligibility of Arriving Aliens in Removal Proceedings To Apply for Adjustment of Status and Jurisdiction To Adjudicate Applications for Adjustment of Status" The rule amended DHS and DOJ regulations governing applications for adjustment of status filed by paroled "arriving aliens" seeking to become lawful permanent residents and removed certain provisions. In that rule, DHS removed a paragraph from its regulations and redesignated the paragraph that followed to close the gap. DHS inadvertently failed to make a conforming amendment to a related regulatory provision to reflect the redesignation. This document describes the oversight and corrects the CFR. This action makes no substantive changes.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Employment Initiatives 14 Jan 2025 employment, immigration, uscis, dhs, permanent labor certification, foreign workers, form i-140

📄DHS Updates Permanent Labor Certification Requirements for Form I-140

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is announcing updated procedures for submitting a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, accompanied by a permanent labor certification approval, application for Schedule A designation, or National Interest Waiver request following the U.S. Department of Labor's implementation of the Foreign Labor Application Gateway system.

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Compliance, Regulatory 14 Jan 2025 compliance, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, aliens, health professions, immigration, trafficking, t nonimmigrant status, students, foreign officials

⚖️Important Update on T Nonimmigrant Status Regulations for Businesses

This document corrects the August 23, 2024 correction to the final rule that published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2024. The final rule amended DHS regulations governing the requirements and procedures for victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons seeking T nonimmigrant status. This document will replace language unintentionally removed as a result of the prior correction.

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Regulations, Compliance 10 Jan 2025 agriculture, government contracts, transportation, government procurement, customs duties and inspection, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, motor vehicle safety, employment, aliens, intergovernmental relations, penalties, law enforcement, motor vehicles, immigration, investigations, housing, business regulations, whistleblowing, health, airmen, civil penalties, trade agreements, inflation adjustments, insurance, department of labor, surety bonds, employee benefit plans, health insurance, construction industry, labor, monetary penalties, housing standards, wages, watches and jewelry, black lung benefits, indians-arts and crafts, labor management relations, lie detector tests, minimum wages, migrant labor, child labor, labor compliance, longshore and harbor workers, mine safety and health, homeworkers, miners, mines, teachers, maternal and child health, workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, clothing

💼2025 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment - Labor Impact

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost- of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Department's 2025 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties.

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Regulatory Compliance, Humanitarian Services 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, immigration, department of health and human services, office of refugee resettlement, unaccompanied children
Regulatory Compliance, Financial Implications 6 Jan 2025 compliance, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business operations, immigration, fees, electronic service, authority delegations (government agencies), bond notifications, freedom of information, surety bonds, privacy

📄Electronic Immigration Bond Notifications - Business Compliance Insights

On August 8, 2023, DHS issued an interim final rule which amended the regulations to authorize ICE to serve bond-related notices to obligors electronically. The rule allowed DHS to electronically serve demand and other immigration bond notices for delivery, order of supervision, or voluntary departure bonds to obligors who consent to electronic service. DHS is now issuing this final rule that introduces no substantive changes from the interim final rule.

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Compliance, Regulatory 3 Jan 2025 information collection, regulation, refugee classification, immigration, uscis

🏛️Notice of Information Collection for Refugee Classification by USCIS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort, and resources used by the respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the actual information collection instruments.

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