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Effective October 16, 2008, DHS Regulations provide that TN status may now be granted for up to three years at a time. TN status is a nonimmigrant classification that is only available to Canadian and Mexican citizens who are employed in a specific occupational category, such as accountants, engineers, pharmacists, systems analysts, and scientists.

On October 17, 2008, the White House announced the inclusion of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea in the Visa Waiver Program. Already in effect for numerous countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Japan, the Visa Waiver Program enables citizens of approved countries to travel to the U.S. for business or tourism without first applying for a business visitor or tourist visa at a U.S. Consulate. 

Social Security Administration (SSA) “no-match” letters – letters received by employers from SSA notifying them that their reported SSA earnings do not match those of SSA records -- have been a problem for employers for years. Responses to such letters have historically been mixed, because employers in many cases feared discrimination claims or simply did not know how to respond.