Requirements for Hiring Foreign Nationals at Your Church
From eligibility to site visits to records, recent headlines reiterate the need for compliance
Immigration
Immigration
Key Point 8-04. Federal immigration law regulates the admission, status, and employability of foreign citizens
Employment Eligibility Verification
Key Point. Employers are required by law to confirm the identity, and eligibility to work,
Immigration of Alien Ministers, Religious Vocations, and Religious Occupations
In the United States, churches have several options for employing foreign nationals working as a
How Your Church Can Care for Refugees
Resources to engage your church in responding to the refugee crisis.
What Churches Should Know About Immigration Law
An immigration attorney shares how churches can help immigrants in their congregations and communities.
How Recent Changes to Form I-9 and the R-1 Visa Process Affect Churches
What church leaders need to know about recent changes to workers’ immigration forms and processes
Special Immigrant Status for Pastor Upheld
Federal regulation conditioning issuance of special immigration status ruled invalid.
Q&A: Undocumented Volunteers
Will our church get in trouble for allowing undocumented immigrants to volunteer in our children's ministry?
Immigration & the Church
Keep your church safe and legal and as you strive to serve the immigrant communities in your context.
Q&A: Verifying Employee Eligibility to Work
Who needs to file a form I-9?
Immigration 101
A primer on visas, work permits, and more.
Immigration Law and the Church
How to welcome the stranger, legally.
Federal Court Denies Work Visa to Foreign Religious Worker
Immigrant ministers must fulfill several requirements to qualify for work visas.
Internal Church Disputes
The courts will not resolve disputes regarding a church's spiritual or ecclesiastical affairs.
Immigration
A federal appeals court ruled that the Immigration and Naturalization Service improperly denied a religious organization's application.
Clergy—Removal – Part 1
A Maryland court ruled that it was barred by the First Amendment from resolving a pastor's breach of contract and defamation claims against church officials.
Immigration
Church Law and Tax 1990-07-01 Recent Developments Immigration Richard R. Hammar, J.D., LL.M., CPA •
Immigration
Church Law and Tax 1990-05-01 Recent Developments Immigration Richard R. Hammar, J.D., LL.M., CPA •