Kate Kalmykov of Greenberg Traurig LLP discusses how the U.S. government's use of artificial intelligence in immigration adjudications may affect employers seeking to sponsor foreign workers.
The U.S. government is rapidly expanding its use of AI across immigration and visa adjudications. While much of the public discussion focuses on efficiency and enforcement, these developments carry concrete and immediate implications for employers sponsoring foreign talent and investors pursuing U.S. immigration pathways, including EB-5, E-2, L-1, H-1B, O-1, and employment-based green cards.
AI-driven systems such as StateChat, ImmigrationOS, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) Evidence Classifier are reshaping how immigration agencies review petitions, assess credibility, detect inconsistencies, and prioritize cases.
As a result, employers and investors may assume that filings are increasingly scrutinized not only by human adjudicators, but also by automated tools trained to flag anomalies across large data sets.
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Read Kate Kalmykov’s Westlaw Today article “The U.S. Government’s Expanding Use of AI in Immigration Adjudications: Considerations for Employers and Investors.”