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What does it mean to be a digital nomad in the year 2023? Is taking your job with you as you travel the world more than just a trend? Veteran digital nomad Josh Andrews joins the podcast from Medellin, Colombia, to help define terms and share perspectives on the lifestyle and its promise. Hit play to hear if digital nomading is right for you and what types of jobs travel best. GUEST: Josh Andrews, Digital Nomad & Director of People & Culture at Remote Year NEWS NERD: Rob Taylor HOST: Lauren Clarke PRODUCER: Adam Belmar   Show links: May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institute, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success. Asianpacificheritage.gov National Archives The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Library of Congress

In this latest episode of the Immigration Nerds podcast, we nerd out on the immigration policies of Canada, a nation whose population grew by over one million people for the first time ever last year and is expecting to welcome another 1.5 million permanent residents by the end of 2025. So who better to discuss Canadian immigration with than a Canadian immigrant? Our host Lauren Clare is joined by Ruairi Spillane, founder, and CEO of Moving2Canada and Outpost Recruitment.

In this week's episode of the Immigration Nerds podcast, we invite you to hit play for all the facts surrounding the hottest topics for H-1B visa holders right now: cap selection, grace periods, and domestic visa renewals. Host and EIG Senior Attorney Lauren Clarke is joined for a far-reaching discussion by Shev Dalal-Dheini, Director of Government Relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).Featured Guest: Shev Dalal-Dheini, Director of Government Relations, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)News Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG PartnerHost: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior Attorney, and Immigration Nerds host

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast episode, host Lauren Clarke speaks with Alejandra Oliva, author of the new book, Rivermouth — A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration. In Rivermouth, Oliva focuses on the physical spaces that make up different phases of immigration and looks at how language and opportunity move through each of them; from the river as the waterway that separates the US and Mexico to the table as the place over which Oliva prepares asylum seekers for their Credible Fear Interviews, and finally, to the wall as the behemoth imposition that runs along America’s southernmost border.Featured Guest: Alejandra Oliva, Essayist, Embroiderer, and Author of RivermouthNews Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG PartnerHost: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior Attorney, and Immigration Nerds host

This week, the Immigration Nerds features a conversation between Lauren Clarke, senior attorney at Erickson Immigration Group, and EIG Senior Manager Martin Russell in Australia and Immigration Manager, Erdiana Kamarudin, in Singapore. The team explores how new workforce planning and hiring policies in the APAC region are creating opportunities for highly skilled migrants. Featured Guest: EIG Senior Manager, Martin Russell, in Australia; and Immigration Manager, Erdiana Kamarudin, in SingaporeNews Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG PartnerHost: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior Attorney and Immigration Nerds host

Immigration Nerds host Lauren Clarke, a senior attorney at Erickson Immigration Group, helps us understand the facts and context of the soon-expiring Title 42 policy created decades ago to address public health and social welfare but most recently used during the pandemic to regulate the border. Our guest, David J. Bier, Associate Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, joins us to talk about the border policies in place before Title 42, the programs that have been introduced since, and what we can expect still.Featured Guest: David J. Bier, Associate Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato InstituteNews Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG PartnerHost: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior Attorney and Immigration Nerds host

The podcast from the smartest nerds in the know on immigration is back! The Immigration Nerds Podcast has relaunched with show host Lauren Clarke—a senior attorney at Erickson Immigration Group, an immigrant, and the kind of nerd who makes the details easier to understand. Are you interested in the American response to the refugee crisis in Ukraine? Hear what’s working and what’s not in the U.S. State Department program designed to welcome Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion, Uniting for Ukraine. Lauren’s guest is George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Law Professor Ilya Somin, a sponsor to a Ukrainian refugee family.Featured Guest: Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law SchoolNews Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG PartnerHost: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior Attorney and Immigration Nerds host

This week's Immigration Nerds episode is a special one as we celebrate the growth of our podcast to become a must-listen in our industry and a top-rated immigration podcast. But how did we get here? In early 2018, Hiba Anver, now an EIG partner, and host/producer Ian Gaines, then an immigration paralegal, imagined a podcast that would shine a spotlight on all types of immigration and give a microphone to diverse storytellers. This week, Hiba and Ian reflect on the making of the podcast and the past four years of guests, issues, and the impact of this flagship podcast from Erickson Immigration Group. And, a note from our producer, Ian Gaines: "This is a journey that I’m personally proud to have embarked upon and watched grow. After this episode, I will pass the microphone of this podcast, that you have all come to enjoy and gain insight from over the years. Thank you all for your support over these past years; I am truly grateful."

As the summer approaches many countries across the board are opening up to accommodate the expected influx of tourism as the weather gets warmer. And with that in mind, Bloomberg created a ranking system called the covid resilience index to help guide you along the way. The system aggregates each country’s lockdown severity, vaccinated travel routes, flight capacity, vaccine doses per 100 people, reopening progress, and quality life index (which takes in universal health care coverage and human development ratings). This episode will cover the top 10 countries which we hope can be a cheat sheet of what is required when entering a foreign country, as you decide your summer plans with the family.

On May 23, 2022, the controversial Trump administration policy known as Title 42 is scheduled to officially end. The end of Title 42 follows the CDC announcement that the policy measure is no longer necessary based on current COVID-19 public health conditions. In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Aaron Karnell, Erickson Immigration Group Senior Attorney, Government Affairs, about the forthcoming policy change, bipartisan concerns about border security, and immigration policy at the US Southern Border without Title 42.

Cair Coalition's Senior Attorney Elizabeth Schmelzel joins EIG 's Partner Hiba Anver. They discuss: How international travel expanded her notions of hard work, survival, and compassion experienced worldwide Working in a career that allows you to live out your values The empathy needed to represent clients in immigration detention, and tend to their needs Wrestling notions of gender dynamics in work, life, and how to balance a career with family

Erickson Immigration Group's Senior Attorney Lauren Clarke joins this week. We walk through the H-1B post-selection process, what to expect, how to prepare, and provide the information necessary to be successful after receiving a determination. A quick guide to help applicants navigate their way through each round.

Sarah Paoletti is a Practice Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she founded and directs the Transnational Legal Clinic. Prof. Paoletti is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., a binational migrant worker rights organization with offices in the U.S. and Mexico, and she serves on the Executive Committee of Migration that Works. Co-host and EIG's Legal Writer Kahn Branch joins. We discuss: Temporary labor migration programs Communication to U.N. Human Rights Mechanisms The Role of Private Military and Security Companies in Immigrant Detention

University of Illinois-Chicago History Professor and Author Michael R. Jin joins the podcast. His latest book Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless: A Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific captures the lives of more than 50,000 U.S.- born Japanese American Migrants across the U.S. and Japanese colonial borders pre and post-WWII. Actions taken to combat anti-Japanese sentiment throughout wartime Opportunities and obstacles presented by two influential and contrasting powers How artists, creatives, and intellectuals help reconcile notions of transpacific identity and loyalty

Today we discuss the State Department's role during a war crisis and the resulting visa implications that follow. US Embassy's role in facilitating humanitarian parole to Ukrainian refugees Nonimmigrant visa implications How USRAP handles refugees State Department role in managing surge capacity Erickson Immigration Groups' Senior Attorney, Consular Affairs Aaron Karnell joins Lead Researcher and Host Luke Bianco.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service is a non-profit organization that welcomes and supports refugees and migrants entering the United States. It is one of nine refugee resettlement agencies working with the Office of Refugee Resettlement[2] and one of only two that serves unaccompanied refugee minors. With more than 1 million refugees fleeing Ukrainian borders today, President and CEO Krish O'Mara Vignarajah shares her organization's resettlement initiatives, assistance programs, and how everyday citizens can help during these trying times.

Kahn Branch is a Corporate Immigration Legal writer for Erickson Immigration Group. This year we wanted to take an outward-facing scope during black history month, in particular examining the exportation of the Black experience abroad. We take a look at a few notable figures in American history, who used the challenging conditions of their homeland as a creative force to bring insight to the world outside their borders.

Doris Meissner is the former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)  under President Bill Clinton, heading the program from 1993 to 2000. And now the Senior Fellow and Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute. We discuss: Immigration's social and structural changes over the last 30 years Biden's first year: Immigration record Build Back Better

Today we are joined by Masha Rumer, Author of the new book “Parenting with an Accent”. This book encapsulates many things, it's part memoir, part interview series, and part academic research highlighting the findings from social science and migration experts. Masha explores how immigrants honor their heritage, navigate setbacks and chart new paths for their children. 

Evan Taparata is a postdoctoral fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. Evan is currently authoring his latest book “State of Refuge: The Origins of Refugee Law and Policy in the United States”. In this edition, he explores the origins of American refugee law in the years after World War II and how immigration policy in the past and present has centered around the interests of the U.S. settler state. So today we discuss its historical implications, and how sentiments around settlement have developed throughout the 20th century.