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Prepared by: Harry Gee
with Daniel Zhang
and Patrick O’Rourke
Harry Gee & Associates, PLLC
I-9 COMPLIANCE AND
COMMON WORK VISA OPTIONS
工作资格审核及常见工作签证类别
www.HarryGee.com
WHO NEEDS AN I-9 FORM?
那些员工需要填写I-9表?
o If employment lasts only one day?
o Employees hired before November 6, 1986 ?
o Employees hired more than 3 years ago?
o Owners?
o Subcontractors?
o ICE can double check
o Tax and Wage Report
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Section 1
Employee
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Section 2
Section 3
Employer
Reverify Rehire
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ICE FACTS FOR 2013
移民海关执法局统计数据
●ICE made 452 criminal arrests tied to worksite
enforcement investigations.
●Of the individuals criminally arrested, 179 were
owners, managers, supervisors or human
resources employees.
●ICE served 3,127 Notices of Inspection and 637
Final Orders, totaling $15,808,365.00 in
administrative fines.
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HOUSTON BASED FINES – UNAUTHORIZED
WORKERS
休市顿的几个案例
●Hong Li Employment Agency, $2.2 million and 18months in federal prison for placing illegal aliens asfood service workers in Chinese and Asianrestaurants across the United States, 2/5/2015
●Atrium Companies, Champion Window, $2 million,admits to hiring illegal aliens, 1/24/2012
●Advanced Containment Systems Inc., $2 million,admits to hiring illegal aliens, 1/24/2012
● IFCO Systems, $20.7 million, Five Senior Managerspled guilty to hiring illegal aliens, 9/15/2011
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER
(OCAHO) DECISIONS
司法部主行政听证办公室案例
●U.S. v. La Hacienda Mexican Café, 10 OCAHO
No. 1167 (2013)– 24 missing I-9 forms initially fined at $935 each
●U.S. v. Pharoah’s Gentleman’s Club, Inc., 10
OCAHO No. 1189 (2013)– 41 missing or improperly completed I-9 forms initially fined at
$935 each
– Backdating? The version of the form used did not exist at the
time the I-9 was supposedly completed and identification
documents were issued after the purported preparation date
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IN HOUSE AUDIT
公司内部自我审核
●ICE best practice
– Remediate non-compliant I-9 Forms with an audit
●OSC states that I-9 audits must be conducted in
a non-discriminatory manner
– Identify any document abuse
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COMMON WORK VISA CATEGORIES
常见工作签证类别
● L-1 Intracompany Transferee 跨国公司内部派遣
●H-1B Specialty Worker 专业人员
●B-1 Business Visitor & Visa Waiver 商务访问及免签
●E-1 / E-2 Treaty Trader / Treaty Investor 投资,贸易
●O-1 (Outstanding) Extraordinary Ability 杰出 人才
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L-1 INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREE
跨国公司内部派遣
●For multinational companies seeking to transfer
certain employees to the US from abroad
●Companies must be related: Parent, Branch,
Subsidiary, Affiliate
– Special requirements for “new offices”
●L1-B 5 year limit; L1-A 7 year limit
●Spouse eligible for work authorization
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H-1B
专业职位
●The H-1B is a temporary non-immigrant status
that permits a qualified foreign national to work
in the U.S. in a specialty occupation that
requires the services of a professional
●‘Professional’ is essentially defined as a position
minimally requiring a Bachelor’s degree
●The position must require a degree
●The foreign national must have a degree or
equivalent in a relevant field
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B-1 商务
●may not be engaged in employment or perform
skilled or unskilled labor in the US, unless qualify
for exceptions
●required to have a foreign residence
●enter for specifically limited duration
●purpose limited to legitimate activities relating
to business
– commercial deals; negotiate contracts; consultations;
litigation; conferences; meetings
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E-1 TREATY TRADER
E-2 TREATY INVESTOR
协约贸易,投资
●Only nationals of countries US has a treaty with
●E enterprise must be ≥ 50%-owned by nationals
of the country (allows self-sponsorship)
●E-1: based on enterprise doing ≥50% of
international trade between US & treaty country
●E-2: substantial investment required: DOS uses
proportionality test. Practitioners typically
recommend at least $50,000
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O-1 EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
杰出人才
●Alien with extraordinary ability in the sciences,
arts, education, business or athletics, or movies
or television stars (and certain assistants)
●Requires a foreign residence to return to
●Qualifies with major award (Nobel Prize)
– Alternately a combination of USCIS criteria: national
awards, published works, membership requiring
outstanding achievement, commands high salary
compared to others in field, & similar.
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VISA WAIVER
免签
●Enables nationals of certain countries to travel
to the US for the same business or tourism
purposes of a B-1 or B-2 without obtaining a
visa for stays of 90 days or less
●Requires application for authorization though
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
– https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
●Currently 38 countries participating
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Harry Gee & Associates, PLLC
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