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Episode 105: Hockey diehards & vampire dads: Meet BAL's immigration litigation and program-building experts

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Episode 104: CHIPS and Tips — Strategies for Semiconductor Industry Employers

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Episode 103: UK ETA Update + That's Immi-tainment Faves

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Episode 102: 2024 Year in Review With Stuart Anderson

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Episode 101: F-1 visa challenges facing students and employers

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Episode 100: BAL CEO Jeremy Fudge and Managing Partner Frieda Garcia Thanksgiving Edition

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Episode 99: AI-doption trends in corporate immigration

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Episode 98: Down under: Exploring the upsides and downsides of E-3 visas

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Episode 97: Trick or Treaty — Is a treaty visa right for your immigration program?

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Episode 96: Portals, passports and program tips for winter holiday travel

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Episode 95: Why employers should opt for O-1 visas

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Episode 94: H-1B insights and corporate immigration trends for Fiscal Year 2024

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Episode 93: How Utah is better connecting employers with immigrant talent

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Episode 92: The future of "fragile" immigration statuses

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Episode 91: Cautionary tales in M&A immigration compliance

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Episode 90: Remains of the day: Biden's final quarter immigration priorities

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Episode 89: On global mobility and cat cafés

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Episode 88: PERM priorities - The top four considerations for employers

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Episode 87: EB-5 Visa – The PERM alternative for investors

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Episode 86: Status update on domestic visa renewals post-pilot program

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Episode 85: H-1B second round cap selection Q&A

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Episode 84: H-1B regs in Trump pipeline pre-2020 election

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Episode 83: The Olympian and refugee advocate Pur Biel

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C'est La Visa! Paris Olympics and H-2A insights

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Episode 81: H-1B second lottery, Kelly Clarkson and other SHRM24 hot topics

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Episode 80: What employers told us about immigration and the presidential election

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Episode 79: Surveying the immigration landscape with AILA's new president-elect

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Episode 78: What immigration might look like in a second Trump administration

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Episode 77: Nika Mühl and gender disparities in P-1 visa process

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Episode 76: Immigration solutions for labor shortages in the hospitality industry

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Episode 75: Student visa trends, call for permanent DACA solution, significant visa delays in France

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Episode 74: Nonimmigrant visa issuance, healthcare for Dreamers, summer travel tips and reminders

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Episode 73: Visa stats, Diversity Visa results, Schedule A update

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Episode 72: Supreme Court update, BAL's big announcement, new H-1B cap data

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Episode 71: Why a small USCIS policy change could have important consequences for green card applicants

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Episode 70: BAL Senior Associate Steven Quezada on the voices behind the visas

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Episode 69: Why a federal court ruling in Georgia has grabbed the attention of the immigration law community

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Episode 68: Assessing immigration strategies in light of fee increases, the upcoming election

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Episode 67: How companies have prepared for immigration filing fee increases

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Episode 66: Immigration Bracketology with BAL's Sports & Immigration Team

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Episode 65: Biden parole program, H-1B and H-2B cap updates

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Episode 64: An interview with the Cato Institute's David Bier

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Episode 63: An interview with SHRM's Emily M. Dickens

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Episode 62: National Interest Waivers as a green card strategy

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Episode 61: Why a pair of Supreme Court cases about fishing have grabbed the attention of the immigration law community

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Episode 60: DACA, fee hikes and the immigration benefits of citizenship

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Episode 59: How new immigration regulations will impact H-1B cap season — and more

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Episode 58: Fee rule, H-1B contingency planning, work permit options for recently arrived migrants

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Episode 57: How immigration fee increases would affect artists and entertainers

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Episode 56: How guidance on STEM workers is making it easier for recent graduates to stay employed

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Episode 55: The labor market outlook for 2024

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Episode 54: The State Department's domestic visa renewal pilot is here

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Episode 53: 2023 — The Year in Review

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Episode 52: Domestic visa renewal, holiday travel, new H-2B strategies

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Episode 51: State Department visa numbers, NIL guidance, the expansion of TPS

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Episode 50: The economic cost of the green card backlog

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Episode 49: Business support for DACA, H-2B visas, AI and immigration

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Episode 48: AI executive order, EAD extensions, the MLB playoffs

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Episode 47: Delving into the proposed changes to the H-1B lottery

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Episode 46: An interview with BAL CEO Jeremy Fudge

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Episode 45: The impact of AI on immigration law and global mobility

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Episode 44: Shutdown averted, OPT litigation, the upcoming H-1B cap season

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Episode 43: A looming government shutdown, extended EADs, immigration and national security

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Episode 42: An interview with BAL Partner Lynden Melmed

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Episode 41: An interview with BAL Managing Partner Frieda Garcia

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Episode 40: The benefits and drawbacks of E-Verify

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Episode 39: EAD extensions, Student Visa numbers and the real-world impact of processing delays

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Episode 38: What you need to know about Europe's forthcoming travel authorization system

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Episode 37: How U.S. passport applications have swamped the State Department — and what that means for business

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Episode 36: Analyzing the second H-1B registration lottery

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Episode 35: J-1 Visa Opportunities for STEM researchers, specialists

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Episode 34: Form I-9 rule, a second H-1B lottery, recent Supreme Court rulings

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Episode 33: What employers need to know about the end of Form I-9 flexibilities

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Episode 32: Form I-9 flexibilities, biometrics appointments, marijuana consequences

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Episode 31: E-Verify NextGen, domestic visa renewals, P-1 visas

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Episode 30: Podcast: India visa retrogression, World Cup travel, remote work

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Episode 29: Regulatory agenda, EAD guidance, remote work compliance

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Episode 28: Premium processing, TPS extensions, PERM denials

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Episode 27: Jobs report, guidance for students, H-2B visa strategies

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Episode 26: DACA, foreign-born workers, reducing immigration barriers

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Episode 25: Administrative processing, Florida's E-Verify law, AILA's USCIS progress report

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Episode 24: The COVID public health emergency, STEM gap with China, TPS as an H-1B workaround

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Episode 23: Form I-9 update, Diversity Visas, visa processing abroad

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Episode 22: COVID-19 vaccination requirement, writers on strike, and the massive number of H-1B registrations

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Episode 21: Employers say better immigration policies would make the U.S. more competitive

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Episode 20: What PWD delays mean for employers, employees and their families

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Episode 19: O-1 visas, visa processing in India, Exchange Visitor Program

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Episode 18: Post-lottery H-1B recap

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Episode 17: H-1B lottery, summer travel, state and local pay transparency laws

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Episode 16: How the business community is responding to proposed USCIS fee increases

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Episode 15: NIL options for foreign student athletes

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Episode 14: What the end of the COVID-19 national emergencies mean for immigration processes

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Episode 13: Another high-volume cap season? Plus — the growth of digital nomad visas globally

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Episode 12: How a State Department plan to resume domestic visa renewals would benefit employers and employees

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Episode 11: What the NBA can tell us about the importance of hiring the best talent in the world

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Episode 10: What you need to know about this year's H-1B cap season

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Episode 9: H-1B registration, State Department visa report, an inside look at litigation over visa delays

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Episode 8: H-4, L-2 settlement; private refugee sponsorship; PERM audit rates

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Episode 7: Premium processing, labor investigations, H-2B visa opportunities

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Episode 6: Biden immigration policy, COVID vaccinations, the impact of layoffs on nonimmigrant visa holders