Filing Window For H-1B Visa Petitions Fast ApproachingImmigration Law UpdateEric D. Ledbetter, Grant SovernThe new H-1B filing period is fast approaching for employers who intend to sponsor a first-time H-1B worker during the next federal fiscal year (i.e., October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017). The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will... Read More04/09/14 – Presentation“Breakfast Briefing: Getting Business Visas to the U.S. Right"Hannover Messe, Germany Guest Speaker 09/01/13 – PresentationVienna, AustriaInvited by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce in Vienna, Austria to speak on the commercial and immigration implications of sales of machinery and equipment to U.S customers Guest Speaker 01/01/09 – PresentationDüsseldorf, GermanyInvited by the State of Illinois West European Office to speak on immigration and corporate law topics before business leaders in Düsseldorf, Germany. Invited by various local chambers of commerce in Germany (Hamburg, Freiburg, Heilbronn) and the German-American Institute of Heidelberg to speak on corporate, commercial and immigration issues (2009 - present) Guest Speaker 09/01/07 – PresentationHeidelberg, GermanyInvited by Forum Institut für Management GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany to conduct a seminar on U.S. employment law and to be a panelist at an international conference on distributorship law (Fall/Winter 2007 and Fall 2010) Guest Lecturer 04/01/00 – PresentationChicago, IllinoisNortheastern Illinois University, Honors Program - European Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois. Lectured on German history and culture (Spring semesters 2000 and 2001) Guest Lecturer
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