Epstein Becker Green colleagues Robert S. Groban, Jr. and Matthew S. Groban provide an update to the health care industry in the Immigration Alert: September 2014, including an update on the Sixth Circuit Expanding the Liability of Health Care Employers for Sponsorship Costs.
Based on the Kutty decision, health care employers can expect more aggressive enforcement activity in connection with their employment of foreign nationals ("FNs") generally and foreign medical professionals sponsored for H-1B classification and J-1 waivers of the two-year foreign residence ...
By Robert S. Groban, Jr. and Matthew S. Groban
On March 24, 2014, the USCIS Ombudsman reported that the agency has been improperly denying employment authorization to the dependents of J-1 doctors who are participating in the Conrad 30 program. Normally, foreign physicians who pursue medical training in the United States in J-1 status must leave the country and return home for at least two years when they finish their residency programs. The Conrad 30 program waives this two-year foreign residence requirement and allows those J-1 physicians selected for the program to change their ...
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