How to Build an Audit-Proof Immigration Program

If you're an HR or mobility manager, it's not always easy to tell whether your immigration counsel is up to par. That is, until a denial, a missed deadline, or a botched audit. ​And corporate immigration has changed. Adjudication trends, RFE patterns, compliance scrutiny, and technology expectations look nothing like they did five years ago. The best attorney-client relationships are built on the right questions, and most companies were never taught what to ask. ​This session gives you exactly that: the five questions that reveal whether your immigration program is in good hands, and what strong answers sound like.

​Building a real exposure model across your H-1B and PERM population used be something that would take weeks of attorney and analyst time. New AI tools can make it much easier. In Session 2 of our prevailing wage series, immigration attorney and AI Legal Architect Nicole Gunara walks HR and finance teams through how to use them.

​A new DOL rule could increase your H-1B and green card sponsorship costs by as much as 20–33%. ​The rule is currently in the federal notice-and-comment period, which means the specifics may still shift. But the time for employers to prepare — and act — is now.