Immigration Blog

6 Essential Components of a Global Workforce Plan

By |September 27, 2016|

Each week, as part of VISANOW’s Global Talent Adviser guest blog series, HR influencers will weigh in on topics of global talent and workforce management and planning. This week, we welcome Matt Stollak, associate professor at St. Norbert College and adviser to the college’s SHRM chapter. 

DV Lottery Begins Accepting Online Applications Oct. 4

By |September 26, 2016|

Online registration for the 2018 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery program begins Oct. 4 and ends Nov. 7. Each year, this unique visa program grants permanent residency to 50,000 people at random from countries that historically have low rates of immigration.

Sponsoring Employees? Watch Out for These Causes of Attrition

By |September 22, 2016|

Preventing attrition goes hand-in-hand with retention. To find out what would prompt sponsored employees to seek employment at a different company, VISANOW asked more than 700 visa and green card holders about their professional experiences and preferences when it comes to working for U.S. employers.

Inside Our Global Workforce Management Solution: Exploring the Communication Center

By |September 21, 2016|

Transparency was missing from the typical immigration process, so we created the Communication Center. It allows Envoy-affiliated attorneys to quickly respond to HR inquiries while saving their answers for easy retrieval later. Additionally, it grants employees direct access to attorneys to ensure all questions are answered in a timely matter. And to top it all off, while HR doesn’t need to manage inquires themselves, they can view each correspondence when necessary.

October 2016 Visa Bulletin Update

By |September 19, 2016|

The U.S. Department of State released its October 2016 Visa Bulletin. October marks the beginning of the government’s fiscal year, which typically means per-country allotments and caps reset. The biggest change? This new fiscal year alleviated the six-year wait time placed on EB-1 preference category petitioners. 

The Urban Myths of Immigration: It’s Expensive

By |September 16, 2016|

Each week, as part of Envoy’s Global Talent Adviser guest blog series, HR influencers will weigh in on topics of global talent and workforce management and planning. This week, we welcome Tim Sackett, president of HRU Technical Resources. 

Envoy Engineering Manager Chris Brown Shares Why He Loves the Intuitive Nature of the New Case Workflows

By |September 15, 2016|

It’s exciting times at Envoy. For nearly 20 years, we’ve used technological innovation to remove the complication and stress from the immigration process for employers and their employees. This month, we’ve introduced the latest generation of our online immigration management platform. In this blog series, members of the Envoy tech and product team share what they love most about the new platform and why.

Inside Canada’s Skilled Worker Cap Program

By |September 13, 2016|

Canada’s largest province recently met the quota for its skilled worker visa. The Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP) grants work authorization to 10,000 individuals each year. The application period is split into two submission segments, one in the spring and the second following shortly after in the summer.

3 Ways to Forecast and Schedule Global Hiring

By |September 13, 2016|

Your organization is growing, and you need technical workers from Denver to Delhi. While it feels like there’s a shortage of talented workers, talent acquisition professionals can outsmart even the toughest hiring conditions by applying strategic thinking to their global workforce management plans.

Going Global Ain’t What It Used to Be: Your New Workforce Strategy

By |September 9, 2016|

Each week, as part of VISANOW’s Global Talent Adviser guest blog series, HR influencers will weigh in on topics of global talent and workforce management and planning. This week, we welcome Charlie Judy, HR consultant and founding partner of WorkXO. 

VISANOW is now Envoy.

As part of our mission to create opportunities for organizations and global talent, we’ve updated our brand and how we communicate our message. In a time when thinking globally is how organizations grow and progress, we help businesses build world-ready workforces.

Envoy’s workforce management platform features premiere tools for navigating the immigration process for all your sponsored employees; knowledgeable Envoy-affiliated attorney and customer support; and resources to help you learn how to become an expert in the global immigration process.

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