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Heidi Meyers
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 ธ.ค. 2012
Global mobility, immigration, trade and economic sanctions for businesses, employers and immigrants. We help individuals and employers with the challenges of solving immigration issues and international trade issues in today's enforcement environment. We help companies with business immigration, economic sanctions, export control issues, as well as individuals with removal/deportation proceedings, waivers for unlawful presence, old deportation orders, and criminal issues.
Immigration Attorney Heidi Meyers Noticias de inmigración y la ley migratoria. News on immigration and immigration law. (212) 791-4007 and (646) 508-5225, heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com Law Office of Heidi J Meyers, 11 Broadway, Suite 925 NY, NY 10004 #immigrationattorney #NYCimmigration #NYCimmigrationattorney
Immigration Attorney Heidi Meyers Noticias de inmigración y la ley migratoria. News on immigration and immigration law. (212) 791-4007 and (646) 508-5225, heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com Law Office of Heidi J Meyers, 11 Broadway, Suite 925 NY, NY 10004 #immigrationattorney #NYCimmigration #NYCimmigrationattorney
NO H-1Bs? EXPAND YOUR HIRING POOL OF US CITIZENS & IMMIGRANTS ALIKE!
Law Office of Heidi J Meyers, 11 Broadway, Suite 925, New York N.Y. 10004
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First, employers need to make sure that their online hiring platforms and algorithms do not discriminate based on citizenship, national origin, or other protected characteristics (race, sex, those with a disability, etc). When employers ensure that their software for screening job applicants does not discriminate, they also enlarge the pool of qualified, talented and hard-working applicants, both immigrant and U.S. citizen alike. Use of AI in screening job applicants may lead to inadvertent discrimination. See, Harvard Business Review, “All the Ways Hiring Algorithms can Introduce Bias” (6 May 2019), hbr.org/2019/05/all-the-ways-hiring-algorithms-can-introduce-bias. AI applicant screening tools have been found to discriminate against women. For example, Amazon used an AI recruitment tool, which it found had been screening out women, by screening out resumes that include the word “women’s”, for example, women’s basketball team, or all-women colleges. See, Reuters, “Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women” www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G.
If an AI tool has been trained on the qualifications of employees who already hold certain positions in the company, and those positions are predominantly filled by white men, the tool will start screening out resumes of those who do not fit this description, for example, by screening out resumes of those with typically black names. See, Reuters, www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/legal/ai-enabled-anti-black-bias/. “The UPenn report notes that Black professionals in today’s employment marketplace continue to receive 30% to 50% less job call-backs when their resumes contain information tied to their racial or ethnic identity.” See also, University of California, Berkeley, Quarterly Journal of Economics eml.berkeley.edu//~crwalters/papers/randres.pdf. Should those filling upper management in a company generally come from Ivy League schools, or perhaps two or three Ivy League schools, then the AI tool may screen out qualified applicants who did not attend Ivy League schools, or who did not attend the particular top schools that the company’s current executives attended. Of course, the shoe can be on the other foot. If you have a U.S. software company that is predominantly staffed with men from an Indian background, make sure you are not screening out women or applicants who are not from India.
Aside from auditing your AI hiring tool, your company should have hiring managers physically review resumes of under-represented groups, to find additional qualified candidates.
Second, make sure your platform for job applicants or hiring tool does not discriminate based on citizenship or national origin. In addition to avoiding liability for discrimination, think of it as making sure your company has access to qualified, talented and hard-working applicants. Unless truly required by law, such as for US federal government jobs, government contracts and certain positions requiring a security clearance, U.S. employers must not require that an applicant be a U.S. citizen, and it is against the law to post a job stating “U.S. citizens only” or “U.S. birth certificate required”. Likewise, employers are prohibited from posts stating “H-1B and OPT preferred”. In addition to U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, asylees and refugees (those granted asylee or refugee status, not those with pending applications) are considered “protected individuals” under 8 U.S.C. 1324b, and federal law prohibits employment discrimination against protected individuals due to their citizenship status. In general, discrimination based on national origin is also prohibited.
Third, employers can expand their range of qualified candidates by considering and hiring immigrants who are in the U.S. long-term, but who lack permanent residency or nonimmigrant (temporary) status. One example would be those on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Many immigrants with work authorization cards that have to be renewed every one or two years are in the United States long-term and would make hard-working and devoted employees. For example, there are many asylum applicants stuck in the USCIS backlog who have been waiting on their asylum interviews since 2016, and who continue renewing their work permits every two years.
Another example is immigrants with TPS (Temporary Protected Status) who also have work permits. Generally, once a country is designated for TPS, the TPS is repeatedly extended for many years and even decades. See my LinkedIn for complete article.
This article is for informational purposes and is not intended as legal advice
Copyright 2023 © Heidi J Meyers all rights reserved
(646) 508-5225 or (212) 792-4007, heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com
First, employers need to make sure that their online hiring platforms and algorithms do not discriminate based on citizenship, national origin, or other protected characteristics (race, sex, those with a disability, etc). When employers ensure that their software for screening job applicants does not discriminate, they also enlarge the pool of qualified, talented and hard-working applicants, both immigrant and U.S. citizen alike. Use of AI in screening job applicants may lead to inadvertent discrimination. See, Harvard Business Review, “All the Ways Hiring Algorithms can Introduce Bias” (6 May 2019), hbr.org/2019/05/all-the-ways-hiring-algorithms-can-introduce-bias. AI applicant screening tools have been found to discriminate against women. For example, Amazon used an AI recruitment tool, which it found had been screening out women, by screening out resumes that include the word “women’s”, for example, women’s basketball team, or all-women colleges. See, Reuters, “Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women” www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G.
If an AI tool has been trained on the qualifications of employees who already hold certain positions in the company, and those positions are predominantly filled by white men, the tool will start screening out resumes of those who do not fit this description, for example, by screening out resumes of those with typically black names. See, Reuters, www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/legal/ai-enabled-anti-black-bias/. “The UPenn report notes that Black professionals in today’s employment marketplace continue to receive 30% to 50% less job call-backs when their resumes contain information tied to their racial or ethnic identity.” See also, University of California, Berkeley, Quarterly Journal of Economics eml.berkeley.edu//~crwalters/papers/randres.pdf. Should those filling upper management in a company generally come from Ivy League schools, or perhaps two or three Ivy League schools, then the AI tool may screen out qualified applicants who did not attend Ivy League schools, or who did not attend the particular top schools that the company’s current executives attended. Of course, the shoe can be on the other foot. If you have a U.S. software company that is predominantly staffed with men from an Indian background, make sure you are not screening out women or applicants who are not from India.
Aside from auditing your AI hiring tool, your company should have hiring managers physically review resumes of under-represented groups, to find additional qualified candidates.
Second, make sure your platform for job applicants or hiring tool does not discriminate based on citizenship or national origin. In addition to avoiding liability for discrimination, think of it as making sure your company has access to qualified, talented and hard-working applicants. Unless truly required by law, such as for US federal government jobs, government contracts and certain positions requiring a security clearance, U.S. employers must not require that an applicant be a U.S. citizen, and it is against the law to post a job stating “U.S. citizens only” or “U.S. birth certificate required”. Likewise, employers are prohibited from posts stating “H-1B and OPT preferred”. In addition to U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, asylees and refugees (those granted asylee or refugee status, not those with pending applications) are considered “protected individuals” under 8 U.S.C. 1324b, and federal law prohibits employment discrimination against protected individuals due to their citizenship status. In general, discrimination based on national origin is also prohibited.
Third, employers can expand their range of qualified candidates by considering and hiring immigrants who are in the U.S. long-term, but who lack permanent residency or nonimmigrant (temporary) status. One example would be those on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Many immigrants with work authorization cards that have to be renewed every one or two years are in the United States long-term and would make hard-working and devoted employees. For example, there are many asylum applicants stuck in the USCIS backlog who have been waiting on their asylum interviews since 2016, and who continue renewing their work permits every two years.
Another example is immigrants with TPS (Temporary Protected Status) who also have work permits. Generally, once a country is designated for TPS, the TPS is repeatedly extended for many years and even decades. See my LinkedIn for complete article.
This article is for informational purposes and is not intended as legal advice
Copyright 2023 © Heidi J Meyers all rights reserved
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United States in America is poor
Catch and release is no longer a thing
Hi, is this TN visa eligible for green card?
Z-R-Z-C- has been rescinded, so we are now back to the rules of pre-2020, which is outlined in the beginning of this video. Please correct me if I'm am wrong. Question: although advance parole based entry renders the individual 'inspected and paroled' (or admitted with TPS based I512T [advance parole]), does it waive prior unlawful presence? Prior accrued unlawful presence can cause an individual to be inadmissible, which bars them from adjusting to a green card. E.g., a DACA person accrues over a year of unlawful status. Then they get TPS, re-enter USA via I512T, and are inspected and admitted. They then try to do adjustment of status with a successful I140 NIW. Can we be confident that the 'inspection and admission' has eliminated the bar to adjustment due to prior unlawful presence, via section 212(a)(9)(B)?
Dear @rgrynko1, yes Z-R-Z-C- has been rescinded. If you would like any additional information, please contact us at heidimeyerslaw@hmeuers.com if you would like a consultation about your personal situation. Sincerely yours Heidi J Meyers
Best description ever. No extra words just hit the main point. The way of presentation is superb
🇺🇲take it easy,coming off a little heavy handed.if im a us person a non us person is subjecting me to the jurisdiction of we might have a problem 😂
I am a non stem student and will be applying for OPT soon, do you help to find sponsor? If you do pls share your email.
Advertising and prevailing wages when start after submit perm application or before start perm application
Thank you for your question. If you would like a consultation please contact us at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com or (212) 791-4007 for a consultation.
People don't need to be good moral character with lbgtq. Good morning chatacter stay from homosexuality but in America man marry man.
Can we apply directly from F1 to green card.
Dear @VinayPatel2689, yes you can apply directly from the F-1 to the greencard. If you would like a consultation, please contact us at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com
Hi Heidi, A non profit organization is ready to offer a job, but they won't sponsor a visa.Is there a way i can do my h1b cap exempt ?
Is Masters in Digital media a STEM course that can help in getting a HB1 visa?
Thank you for your question. It depends upon the CIP code assigned to the degree by the university or college you are attending. If you would like any more information about your own immigration options, you may contact us at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com for a consultation.
Thank u for ur video ❤️I have question if I entered USA with U4U program and changed status for TPS and applied for advanced parole can I visit another country and the possibility for me that they will let me come back to US? Thank u so much!!!!
Dear @ulianabobina2172, Thank you for your question! If you would like a consultation regarding your own situation, you may contact us at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com
Hello, Greetings I'm inquiring about my next step. My father was principal applicant on our F4 petition, me and my mom were under same petition as derivatives. Immigrant visa is approved and we have booked our flight for 30th November. However, unfortunately my father(principal applicant)passed away in India couple weeks ago and I'm in confusion about my next move. Please advise me in such circumstances can my mom (widow) of principal applicant and me can still enter United States? Please reply the above query. Thank you very much (my and my mother was revoked visa on USA airport
How was she able to get in the second time? My ex-husband overstayed for only 21days and his visa got cancelled right away when he tried to re-enter and was advised to get a new visa to re-enter US.
Dear @axueuskolarship9956, if you have a question about your particular situation, you may contact us for a consultation at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com
Hi Mam I am indonesian. Citizens and I have late spouse is American his passed away and we have one girl is USA citizen Last year I got deported for working while I only has visitor visa I was stay there almost 6 month n 2 month before I return to my country I was work and I go back to my hometown end of Octobe because my daughter birthday on November I try to go back also Christmas they suspicious that I am working they check my phone n one conversation I am working So they deported me n cancel my 5 year visa So my question when I can go back there n make new visa What should I do Thank you mam🙏
How can you reenter when you have a 3 or 10 year bar? Isnt that imposible?
Is Government Hospital and healthcare center non profit??
hi I am a Uk citizen and I overstayed my visa waiver for just over 3 years, I left voluntarily in december of 2009 and have been outside the states ever since. I would like to come back for a holiday/vacation and am aware that I will need some sort of visa or waiver could you please advise on what it is I would need to do etc, kindest of regards Adam
Can I get green card as an associate degree in nursing?
Dear @sarwarhusensakib8491, if you have questions about your particular situation, you may contact us at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com.
Plz help me
Hi
Very useful information. Thank you, Heidi.
Is I-140 process make my chance for H1B cap exempt limited? There is an agency offered me I-140 and I want travel with H1B with another agency at the same time. Is this possible?
Thank you
yes
Me and my wife has tps and I already travel with advance parole we have 3 children us citizens under 5 years can I make adjustments of status to get a green card??
Hello Heidi, is it still just a proposal ?
Yes, it is just a proposal, not a law.
Hello Dear how are I am Ahmad Zai from Afghanistan please we are 500 person our case has denied can you help us and send us your contact number
Do you work for EB3 unskilled visa ?
Yes, we help employers and individuals with all EM employment-based preferences.
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Thanks
Dear @Makiesse Kukusa I am glad it was helpful!
We all know that it’s nearly impossible not to find a US citizen to fill out a position if in fact all these steps are followed thoroughly
Dear Eduardo R, There are many occupations for which there is a shortage of US workers, as documented by both the US Dept of Labor and the US Dept of Commerce, especially but not only in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) fields. Additionally, the US's elementary education system is far behind that of other countries, and many Americans unfortunately are not pursuing higher education. Thus, regarding positions requiring a PhD or Masters in a STEM field, employers are unlikely to find qualified, willing and able US workers. Other shortage areas are jobs that Americans simply do not want to do.
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Secondly if arrest in foreign country does not have arrest record. Someone is illegally arrested and tortured- still ans yes ? Btw thanks for valuable content. Make more plz
Dear Amrik Singh, if you have a question about your particular case, please contact me privately at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com or (646) 508-5225
Does that consider arrest/detain at border during border cross - asking asylum ?
Dear @Amrik Singh, yes, if you are applying for asylum, you would explain how the government's arrest and detention was persecution not prosecution.
I am currently pursuing MHA ... i was Initially told that classes will be online now the director and DSO is sending me mail to attend the classes over the campus and I am very well aware that few students are not even in United states and they are doing classes from native country ... and few students from my course they are still attending online classes .... on the other hand I am being told that they will report me to federal government if I don't come to university to attend the classes.... where as professor dosent have any issue in taking classes online... as they are Hybrid..
Dear Smrita Singh, thank you for your message. Since your question is about your particular situation please contact me privately at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com, or (646) 508-5225.
Thanks for the video, and what if I'm already working for my employer?? my employer can do the process??
Dear @Jesus Romero, yes, your employer can sponsor you. You may contact me privately at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com or (646) 508-5225.
Hello Ms. Heidi, Are you still processing the EB3 visa as of this moment? I am here in Canada, can you help me because we have employer in US Ohio willing to sponsor us but we dont know how to process it…
Thanks for the information Heidi. I looked up this topic on TH-cam and came across this video. So my question. My fiancé is coming in on a K1 visa. She has some money she wants to transfer here…assuming she passes her visa interview in a few weeks. You don’t recommend bringing cash through airport. What method of transfer do you recommend? If you don’t mind, I’d like to also email you with more details. Thanks
Dear mybiz5975, you may contact me privately at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com
If I have a U.S. B.S in Civil Engineering with a certificate on Advanced Materials, can I apply for EB2 even if I don’t have the years of experience?
Dear Heidi, I am a United States Citizen . I was in San Fernando Vally,CA Since 1997 - 2009. I worked at hotel Marriott Wodland hills as a Banquet Server. At the moment i am surviving through Dissability benefit. Now I am in Sri Lanka with my family as i had a Major stroke in 2009 March. I was been admitted for almost 3 months in the Valley Prespertarian Hospital at Vannuys CA and later in Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation center Stroke unit for intensive rehabilitation therapy in Downy Los Angeles till the discharge. As i was complete left side Hemiplegia and weel chair bound since i was non-ambulatory due to physical limitations and require assistance in all my daily activities such as taking medication, dressing etc. I did not have any immidiate relative living in the United States to take care me so i had to come back to sri lanka to live with my family for this purpose. I met my wife in Los Angeles CA and later i married her in 2005. Unfortunatly, then i came to know that she was unlawfully present to the U.S from Canada before the marraige then i send back her to her country without any deportation or removal to gain legal status in U.S. then i sponsor her through I- 130 Petition on July 2007 from U.S and the petition was approved on October 20th 2008. My receipt # WAC-07-252-53670 for the petition. Then the U.S Embassy have requested my wife to come for an Interview on 2009 July 09th. I was in the hospital at that time. before the Immigrant interview she have requested an emergency visa to visit me through her local U.S Embassy as I was hospitalized suddenly. and there they have refused to grant her a visa. After that the embassy has called for an interview for the immigrant visa petition which i applied to her on 2007. As my wife attend the interview the counselor had denied on the basis of section I 212-(a)(9)(b)(II) alien unlawfully present and handed over waiver form I 212 to her. Since that until today she have not applied the waiver form as i got a stroke and busy with my daily activities. now almost 13 years has elapsed since my illness and her denial. Now i have a son he is Abdullah Ahamed Aroosdeen. He was born in 2012 February 21st. he is now 11 years old and studying in secondary grade. He is a United States Citizen too, As a father i was deeply concerned about my son's future life, education and wellbeing. Now i have decided to come back to U.S For good. Due to the wife's unable gain the visa we are stuck here for more than a decade. So I wanted her to reapply for the visa but she was in frustration and horrible nightmares that the visa will be denited again. And she thought of my health condition as i am not capable to get any sudden shocks of any failures, and it is very important of my physical and mental fitness as a patient, so i thought of writing to you .Hence, Please kindly consider my precarious plight i am undergoing through all this years. The help I need from you mam, I need to know what should I do on this situation. I have recited my whole story what has occurred. Please advice me From where should I Start now? From a I -130 Or I-212? I am helpless at the moment. I do not want to be failure this time because it will harm my son’s future. Hope they will not reject her on the basis of family unity and consider her as a immediate relative to me. I appreciated your help on this situation on humanitarian basis.
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Dear Aroos Deen, hello and have a great day!
@@heidimeyers6355 how can i contact you
Dear @AroosDeen, you may contact me at heidimeyerslaw@hmeyers.com, (212) 791-4007 or (646) 508-5225
That is wonderful information
Thank you Heidi, great information ❤❤❤
Thanks Mariam!
Can I travel to my home country with refugee travel document ?
Dear Keshika Nathan, if you return to your home country, it is likely the US government will revoke your asylee or refugee status.
Do I need a Visa to enter to Canada if I have TPS + Travel on Advance Parole? I need to do my passport in Canada or Mexico, but I am scare that they will need a visa
Dear @Naieroby, yes, you will need visa to enter Canada.
@@heidimeyers6355 can I apply to the visa, even if my passport is expired? This is a Venezuelan passport
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Hi do we know if the bill was passed?
Dear @Justanotherrover, the bill unfortunately has not been passed. Since Republicans have taken over the House of Representatives, it is not likely to pass now.
OMG, I think I'm going to tell my husband to drop the PERM process with his company and I will sponsor him instead (I'm a US citizen). It looks like it's going to take an eternity to get the Green card with his L1 visa.
Dear YolaRock, thank you for your comment. Yes, the processing times are very long now, and it would be more straightforward for you as the US citizen wife to sponsor him.
@@heidimeyers6355 Thanks for your video! We were wondering what was better and definitely PERM process is nor our best option.
Good evening currently im doing masters in data analytics which is a hybrid course so we have to attend the university only 2days in a semester. During my h1b may I get any problem
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Is juvenile court a cap exempt organization