JOSEPH LAW FIRM HOSTS SEMINAR FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS

Joseph Law Firm, P.C. will host a seminar on Strategic Immigration Planning for Human Resource Professionals on July 17th, 2009 at the Glenmoor Country Club.

This seminar will benefit Human Resource Professionals, Global Talent Managers and Lawyers.

The Seminar will cover topics such as:

Updates for Federal and State Immigration & Employer Compliance
Immigrant Visa Categories and their Limitations
Strategic HR/Immigration Planning to Recruit & Retain Global Talent

For More Information please contact mail@immigrationissues.com

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MILITARY RECRUITMENT PILOT PROGRAM

The Secretary of Defense authorized the military services to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills are considered to be vital to the national interest. Those holding critical skills - physicians, nurses, and certain experts in language with associated cultural backgrounds - would be eligible. To determine its value in enhancing military readiness, the limited pilot program will recruit up to 1,000 people, and will continue for a period of up to 12 months. Read More

ELIGIBILITY
1. The applicant must be in one of the following categories at time of enlistment
a. asylee, refugee, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or
b. non-immigrant categories E, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, TC, TD, TN, U, or V

2. The applicant must have been in valid status in one of those categories for at least two years immediately prior to the enlistment date, but it does not have to be the same category as the one held on the date of enlistment; and

3. An applicant who may be eligible on the basis of a non-immigrant category at time of enlistment (see 1b above) must not have had any single absence from the United States of more than 90 days during the two year period immediately preceding the date of enlistment.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
· Applicants must fill medical specialties where the service has a shortfall
· Applicants must meet all qualification criteria required for their medical specialty, and the criteria for foreign-trained DoD medical personnel recruited under other authorities
· Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English
· Applicants must commit to at least 3 years of active duty, or six years in the Selected Reserve

ENLISTED INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS
· Applicants must possess specific language and culture capabilities in a language critical to DoD
· Applicants must demonstrate a language proficiency
· Applicants must meet all existing enlistment eligibility criteria
· Applicants must enlist for at least 4 years of active duty

Languages
· Albanian · Amharic · Arabic · Azerbaijani · Bengali · Burmese · Cambodian-Khmer · Chinese · Czech · Hausa · Hindi · Hungarian · Igbo · Indonesian · Korean · Kurdish · Lao · Malay · Malayalam · Moro · Nepalese
· Persian [Dari & Farsi] · Polish · Punjabi · Pushtu (aka Pashto) · Russian · Sindhi · Sinhalese · Somali · Swahili · Tamil · Turkish · Turkmen · Urdu · Yoruba

If you have questions regarding these changes or other immigration issues, please contact Joseph Law Firm, P.C.

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Seminar on Working Visa Options for International Artists, Entertainers, Models and Athletes

Joseph Law Firm, P.C. is pleased to announce a half-day seminar on non immigrant visa options for international artists, entertainers, models and athletes. The United States has always prized itself on being a country that celebrates international culture and sports. We draw talent from all over the world to our sporting arenas, theaters and concert venues. For this reason, it is important to understand the challenges involved in the cross-border movement of international artists, entertainers, models and athletes. Download a Brochure!

The seminar will explore the various visa options available to international artists, entertainers, models and athletes and the requirements and challenges with each visa option. The seminar will discuss the evidence tests in each visa option and the ways that immigration attorneys, sports and entertainment attorneys and talent agents can work together to facilitate the travel and work authorization of international talent.

We invite all to join us for this event, please see below for information on how to RSVP.

For more information about Joseph Law Firm, P.C., visit our website!

To register for the seminar visit http://www.immigrationissues.com or call (303) 297-9171

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