The Chamber office will be closing at 11:45 am on Friday, April 18, for an off-site event and will remain closed for the rest of the day. The Chamber office will reopen for regular hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm on Monday, April 21.
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Work Permits 101: what are work permits and how can the process to obtain them be improved?
May 3, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Work Permits 101: what are work permits and how can the process to obtain them be improved?
Friday, May 3 at 2pm ET (Zoom)
Are you a business interested in how to improve the work permit process to help your business and community? Ever wondered why it can take so long for someone to get a work permit? Work permits are how many newly arrived immigrants, including asylum seekers and parolees, are able to enter the legal job market, care for themselves and their families, and contribute to their new communities and labor force. Join immigration experts for a webinar specifically for business leaders on Friday, May 3 at 2pm ET, Work Permits 101: What You Need to Know and How It Can Be Improved.
In this webinar, we will walk through how people can become eligible for work permits, the difficulties people face trying to obtain work permits, and some improvements that we should all be advocating for to improve this process for people. An interactive Q&A will be part of the presentation.
Register for this webinar here
Speakers:
- Misty Chally, Executive Director, Critical Labor Coalition
- Amy Grenier, Policy & Practice Counsel, American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Cristina Moreno, Policy Counsel, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
- Yael Schacher, Director for the Americas and Europe, Refugees International