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Mar 11 2021 Now Hiring Receptionist/Messenger

Posted at 04:34h in Local BKX News and Articles

Job Description: Receptionist/Messenger Responsible for answering phones/web inquiries, routing calls and other correspondence to appropriate offices, and taking down messages. Greet visitors and clients as they walk into the office. Provide assistance in sorting incoming mails, as well as in processing outgoing mails. Responsible for keeping record of appearances in...

Jan 06 2021 Partnership Announcement: Shane F. T. Black

Posted at 00:27h in Local BKX News and Articles

Baumann, Kondas, and Xu, LLC is pleased to announce our new partner to the firm, Mr. Shane F. T. Black. Shane has been an associate with the firm since October 2010, with his practice focusing in the area of Employment and Family-based Immigration as well as immigration related Business Law,...

Jan 05 2021 NDAA Veto Override Brings Hope of H2B Labor for Local Projects

Posted at 23:37h in Local BKX News and Articles

In a rare New Years Day vote, the Senate voted to pass the 2021 National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA) into law over presidential veto. Within this law there are provisions which bring hope to small contractors and related businesses in Guam who have been desperately searching for skilled labor to...

Sep 28 2020 Significantly Improved Wait Times for Employment-Based Immigrant Visas in October

Posted at 03:11h in Local BKX News and Articles

Reeling from the adverse impact of COVID-19, Presidential Proclamations, public charge rule, and the dramatic increase of immigration fees effective on October 2, 2020, we finally have some welcoming news on the immigration front: the October Visa Bulletin shows significant improvement in the green card waiting time for employment-based immigrant...

Sep 18 2020 Preparing for October 2, 2020 Adjustments in USCIS Fees and Procedures

Posted at 05:04h in Local BKX News and Articles

On July 31, 2020, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule adjusting fees in order to meet operational needs and implementing other related procedural adjustments effective October 2, 2020. Many of the adjustments to these fees and associated procedures can have big impacts on monetary considerations...

Sep 03 2020 THE GUAM-CNMI CAP EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 110-229

Posted at 11:38h in Local BKX News and Articles

This article addresses the cap exemption available to employers who wish to employ professional and skilled workers temporarily to work on projects in the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”)....

Aug 31 2020 EB3 – STILL AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR EMPLOYERS IN THE CNMI

Posted at 06:34h in Local BKX News and Articles

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has many unique immigration issues like no others. When the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA) installed the U.S. immigration system in the CNMI on November 28, 2009, the law intended to provide temporary legal status to all legal, and even...

Aug 30 2020 Guam Faces Additional Difficulties Under Presidential Proclamation

Posted at 10:38h in Local BKX News and Articles

The United States government controls immigration on Guam. The US immigration system is a highly contested issue under partisan politics to the point that formal legislation in this area has proven next to impossible in recent history. Therefore, it is common that changes are made through policy or executive order. ...

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