Commercial debt collection: Total of 4.2 trillion USD at risk in countries with high collection complexity.
https://www.allianz-trade.com/en_global/news-insights/economic-insights/debt-collection-2022.html
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Ahead of US Midterms, How Has US Immigration Policy Changed?
As U.S. midterm elections approach, immigration remains one of the country’s most contentious political issues, mostly concerning the number of people trying to enter the U.S. at the southwestern border.
https://www.voanews.com/a/ahead-of-us-midterms-how-has-us-immigration-policy-changed/6757483.html
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U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program can continue temporarily after a federal appeals court ruled the policy unlawful.
https://www.boundless.com/blog/federal-judge-allows-daca-to-continue-temporarily/
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Effective Sept. 26, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is automatically extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 24 months for lawful permanent residents who file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today awarded nearly $20 million in grants to 66 organizations in 35 states to help prepare lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and those with a clear pathway to lawful permanent residency for naturalization.
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-awards-fy-2022-citizenship-and-integration-grants
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual based on the vacatur of the EB-5 Modernization Rule and the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022.
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Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced that it will be issuing a regulation that will make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023, on top of the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally available each fiscal year.
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U.S. Supreme Court Tackles Andy Warhol Copyright Dispute
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday grappled with a copyright dispute between a photographer and Andy Warhol’s estate over the acclaimed artist’s paintings of rock star Prince.
The Andy Warhol Foundation appealed a lower court’s ruling that his 1984 paintings – based on a 1981 photo of Prince that celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith shot for Newsweek magazine – were not protected by a copyright law doctrine called fair use that allows certain unlicensed use of copyright-protected works. For the rest of the article, you may see:
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US Will Nearly Double Temporary Visas for Nonagricultural Jobs
The Biden administration will nearly double the number of temporary work visas for jobs involving hospitality, landscaping and seafood-processing as it looks to address seasonal shortages employers have been scrambling to make up for.
The move would allow 64,716 nonagricultural H-2B visas in addition to the 66,000 currently available each fiscal year, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Wednesday evening. For detailed information, you may refer to:
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DHS to Issue All Available H-2B Temporary Work Visas In FY 2023
The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue more than 64,000 additional H-2B temporary work visas—the maximum allowed under a discretionary cap—on top of the normal annual allocation in the current fiscal year.
Employers facing a labor shortage in the US have pressed the Biden administration to issue all available visas under the program the provides visas for seasonal, non-agricultural workers. For detailed information, you may see:
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