Sophie Alcorn, attorney, author and founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley, California, is an award-winning Certified Specialist Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State ...

In April 2023, the long-anticipated new and modernized PERM Form 9089 was introduced to the public by the U.S. Department of Labor, Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) unit. The PERM process permits an ...

Question: Facebook was recently in the news for failing to engage in good-faith recruitment in the PERM labor certification process. What happened, and what can other employers do to avoid potential ...

Before applying for a labor certification, the U.S. employer must make sure the foreign national meets the requirements for the sponsored position. For U.S. employers seeking to fill permanent ...

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that ...

In recent months there have been discussions regarding layoffs in the tech industry. Despite an overall low unemployment rate, a recent Nerd Wallet article cited layoffs at 794 companies in 2023 alone ...

PHOENIX, Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Frontier Immigration Law is drawing attention to a lesser-known immigration process that may help address staffing shortages in the public sector. The ...