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Editor's Comments
SOC, OES, ONET, DOT
Today's Featured Article, "Revising the SOC System" by authors from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census may be of help to immigration attorneys grappling with the SOC/OES/O*NET classifications which are poised to completely replace the DOT (the Dictionary of Occupational Titles). The article succinctly summarizes the vision behind the new occupational classification and provides a useful historical roadmap to understand this new system. For the article, see here.
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Featured Article
Revising The Standard Occupational
Classification System
Chester Levine, Laurie Salmon, and Daniel H. Weinberg write "A new system for classifying occupations was introduced in 1998, reflecting the many changes to the world of work in recent decades, especially the shift towards
more services-oriented and high-technology jobs."
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Immigration Law News
Immigration Law Firm Disqualified From Filing New H-1B Petitions For 2 Years Due To Willful Misrepresentation
In the Matter of Administrator, Wage and Hour Division v. Law Offices of Anil Sha[h], No. 2003-LCA-20 (OALJ, May 19, 2004), the Office of Administrative Law Judges, in a case where Employer and Employee were both immigration attorneys, said that the Employer made a willful misrepresentation on the LCA and produced false payroll records during the investigation. Since Employer was an officer of the court, the OALJ said that the Employer's willful misrepresentation of his LCA in order to deprive the Alien immigration attorney of promised and legally mandated wages was particularly grave. The OALJ disqualified Employer from filing new H-1B petitions for a period of two years, per 20 CFR 655.810(d)(2).
DHS Close To Awarding $15B Contract For US VISIT
The New York Times reports "The [DHS] is on the verge of awarding the biggest contract in its young history for an elaborate system that could cost as much as $15 billion and employ a network of databases to track visitors to the US long before they arrive."
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CGFNS Hosts A Special Educational Initiative in Your Community - New U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Visa Regulations for Foreign Health Care Workers. As part of a major change in federal policy affecting hiring of foreign
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The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)/International Commission on Healthcare Professions (ICHP) are
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Editor:
Here is a great decision from IACHR on the Haiti interdiction which the attached press release explains.
Deborah Anker
Director, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
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