U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the registration period for this year’s H-1B visa lottery will open on March 1 and run through March 18. Like the last two years, employers must create...
Dec 27, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
Lifting of Southern African Travel Ban
The Biden Administration has announced that it will end the travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that were put in place in November. Effective December 31, non-US citizens traveling from South Africa,...
Dec 27, 2021
Immigration Law
U.S. State Department Announces Relaxation of Non-Immigrant Visa Processing for Temporary Workers and Students
In a welcome development the State Department announced on Saturday that consulates are now authorized to waive in-person interviews for certain non-immigrant visa applicants whose employment-based petitions have been...
Dec 23, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
NYC Private Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Take Effect December 27, 2021
The New York City Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued an order requiring all on-site workers of private New York City employers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. By December 27, 2021, such workers must...
We are pleased to announce that Michele Coyne is a speaker at the upcoming NYU Labor Center Webinar Series Event “The Developing Law of the Post-Pandemic Workplace: Considerations for the Hybrid and Remote Workplace”...
Effective immediately, all travelers two years of age or older who are flying into the United States will need to present a negative Covid test (or documentation of recent recovery from Covid) taken no more than 1...
Dec 03, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
Biden Administration Restricts Travel from Southern Africa Due to New COVID-19 Variant
After the new Omicron variant was detected in South Africa and other countries last week, President Biden announced that the US will restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini,...
Nov 08, 2021
KM&M News
Ray McGuire Honored for His Role as Managing Director of the Contractor’s Association of Greater New York, Inc. in 2021
BTEA Celebrates the Achievements of the Construction Industry and Leaders like Kauff McGuire & Margolis Partner Ray McGuire for Their Leadership in Transforming the Industry in 2021 Kauff McGuire &...
The Biden Administration has released new guidelines regarding the lifting of the travel bans for international travelers. Beginning on November 8, noncitizen nonimmigrant air travelers will need to show proof that they...
Oct 15, 2021
Immigration Law
US To Lift Travel Bans On November 8th
The Biden administration announced this morning that the country-specific travel bans that have been in place since 2020 will be lifted on November 8, 2021. International air travelers from previously designated countries...