Federal scrutiny is up across H-1B filings, prevailing wage compliance, and worksite inspections. Employers who've invested in documentation, wage compliance, and petition quality have more options — even under heightened government attention.
The strongest immigration programs are built long before an audit arrives. Manifest Law's AI Legal Architect Nicole Gunara moderates a panel with Mimi Tsankov, former Federal Immigration Judge and Employer Compliance Prosecutor, and Daniel Renaud of R&R Consulting Partners, who retired after 35 years leading major USCIS and DHS operations.
They'll cover:
Petition strategy from a reviewer's perspective: what triggers heightened scrutiny and the habits that withstand RFEs and audits
Prevailing wage and LCA compliance: recordkeeping and practices that hold up under review
Compliance signals that flag employers for audit, and how to close gaps before scrutiny arrives
What site visits look like from the agency side, and how strong records shape the outcome
Walk away with a framework for building a program that absorbs scrutiny rather than reacts to it.
Meet the Presenters
Nicole Gunara:
Nicole Gunara is the Founding AI Legal Architect at Manifest Law. With over seven years of experience across extraordinary ability, employment-based, and investment visas, Nicole advises multinational corporations on building and scaling immigration programs and brings the rare combination of practicing attorney and technologist to her role.
Mimi Tsankov:
With decades of experience spanning every aspect of immigration law at the U.S. DOJ, the U.S. DHS, and the U.S. State Department, today Ms. Tsankov serves on Manifest Law’s Government Advisory Board - bridging the gap to protect corporate clients by ensuring compliance, minimizing exposure, and reducing risk in a time of heightened worksite enforcement.
Daniel Renaud:
Dan retired after 35 years of government service with the Department of Homeland Security and USCIS, managing large and diverse portfolios. He has served as the Vermont Service Center Director, Chief of the Investor Program Office, the Associate Director of Field Operations, and Senior Counselor to the USCIS Director.
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