(Annual 08) Religious Workers Under Inquisition
Session Id: AC08-079 Type: Downloadable
Description
TRACK IV - MASTERS/BUSINESS USCIS believes that a third or more of religious worker petitions involve some level of fraud. This panel will focus on the fall-out from that belief, including the suspension of premium processing for religious worker petitions, mandated investigations and site visits for all R-1 and I-360 petitions, and proposed regulations that limit the ability of many religious organizations to obtain and employ qualified, foreign-born religious workers in the U.S. Preparing Religious Institutions for Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) Investigations and Dealing with Delays Proposed/New Religious Worker Regulations New Petition, Attestation and Document Requirements Advanced Topics in Religious Vocations, Occupations, Organizations and Denominations Litigating Religious Worker Petition Denials, Including Equal Protection Considerations for Religious Workers and Impact of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Q&A David Grunblatt, Michael C. Runde, Jeffrey Gorsky