On Oct. 16, 2026, the government of Ontario announced a new round of the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) initiative under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The new ...

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has updated the Canadian work experience earnings history scoring factor for the Ontario Workforce Priority (OWP) stream. They earned $80,000 or more in a ...

Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced a proposed rule that would impose significant new fees on schools seeking to recommend F-1 students for Optional Practical Training (OPT). DHS ...

On Oct. 5, 2026, several labor unions, academic associations, immigrant advocacy organizations and individual applicants filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging two recent U.S. Citizenship and ...

The F-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa for foreign nationals pursuing full-time academic study or language training at a school certified by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). The academic ...

Kassidy is an Associate in BAL’s Atlanta office, working on a broad range of employment-based immigration matters. She has extensive experience in PERM labor certification and L-1 intracompany ...

The Department of Labor posted the latest processing times for permanent labor certification (PERM) requests and prevailing wage determination processing times. Read PERM processing times FAQ for ...

Jannette is a Senior Associate in BAL’s Chicago office. She advises clients on all aspects of U.S. employment-based immigration law, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters. Jannette has ...

Peace is an Associate in BAL’s Austin office. Her practice focuses on all aspects of employment-based immigration law, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters and employment-based permanent ...

Erin is a Staff Attorney in BAL’s Dallas office, handling employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters. Her work focuses on O-1 and EB-1 cases for clients in the technology industry. Prior ...

Paris is a Staff Attorney in BAL’s Santa Clara office. She advises clients on a broad range of employment-based immigration matters, including both nonimmigrant and immigrant visa processes. Prior to ...

BAL, the most innovative global corporate immigration law firm, today announced the addition of Marissa Cwik, one of Denver’s most exceptional corporate immigration attorneys. Marissa will expand ...