As publicly known, a partial government shutdown may occur on October 1
in the US. Even when this has not been confirmed and a shutdown has not happened
during the last recent years, indications of a potential shutdown became stronger
over the last few days.
While a final decision has not been reached, in the event of a shutdown has a high
risk of impacting major US agencies, which also includes immigration-related
decision makers.
Should this happen, the major impacts would be:
- Significant delays in submission of labor condition applications (LCAs),
PERM labor certification applications, and prevailing wage requests. - Should LCAs not be processed or interrupted, employers will not be able to
move forward with H1B, H-1B1 and E-3 petitions
Be reminded that in the event a shutdown occurs, timeframes for ongoing applications
filed with affected agencies will likely be delayed resulting in higher processing
times.
Newland Chase Insights
Newland Chase is committed to service delivery and our client’s satisfaction, we
will continue to monitor the situation and will keep issuing alerts in the event
relevant information becomes available. In the meantime, should you require
immediate assistance please contact your dedicated Immigration Consultant or send an
email to [email protected]