January 2012

 

Happy 2012 – a year to think about the presidential election, the summer Olympics and ACIP’s 40^th anniversary! Like today, 1972 was a time of change and contradictions. Richard Nixon was re-elected after his campaign team broke into the Watergate. He also visited China and launched the space shuttle program. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals amidst the tragedy of the Munich games. And, ACIP was incorporated in order to facilitate the growing movement of international personnel for multinational employers operating in a world that had been rocked by war protests, civil rights, wage and price controls, the release of Intel’s first microprocessor and Texas Instruments’ first pocket calculator.

 

November 2011

 

This month’s “In the Know” is a little late in coming because the past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity – and the pace is not letting up.  Lawmakers on Capitol Hill and regulators at the agencies have kept us busy with legislation and administrative actions – and ACIP has been on the road, participating in service center meetings, hosting member events and speaking at industry gatherings.  I know you are incredibly busy too, so here’s a brief overview of the latest happenings.

 

I had the opportunity this past month to attend the 5th biennial conference on immigration law sponsored by the International Bar Association.  Lawyers from around the globe spoke about hiring and transferring foreign professionals to their countries. 

Like parents at a graduation, ACIP staff is always both happy and sad when the centerpiece of our year, the Annual Symposium, is over.  We are thrilled that this year was a huge success and hope you read all about it in our “Symposium Snapshots.” 

ACIP’s 37^th Annual Symposium starts next week and have we got a lot to talk about!