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President Obama Signs Reauthorization of E-Verify and Other Immigration Programs
Practical Law Legal Update 1-521-6339 (Approx. 3 pages)
President Obama Signs Reauthorization of E-Verify and Other Immigration Programs
by PLC Labor & Employment
| Published on 01 Oct 2012 • USA (National/Federal) |
President Obama signed into law S. 3245, which reauthorizes the E-Verify program, the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program until September 30, 2015.
On September 28, 2012, President Obama signed into law S. 3245, which reauthorizes until September 30, 2015:
- The E-Verify Program. For more information on E-Verify, see Practice Note, E-Verify for Employers: Best Practices.
- The EB-5 Regional Center Program, under which investments affiliated with an economic unit known as a regional center may participate in the Immigrant Investor Program (the EB-5 Program).
- The Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, which allows religious workers to apply for permanent residence through their employment with a bona fide, non-profit religious organization.
- The Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program, which waives the foreign residence requirement for foreign medical graduates who have completed their medical education in the US and work in underserved areas of the country.