2/28/2006

It is reported that there will be a boom of mergers and acquisitions this year. The alien employees should be more attentive to the corporate changes with their employers because of its impact on their immigration status and immigration journey. 

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, there frequently arises a serious conflict of interests between the employers, old and new, and the alien employees, and alien employees' interests are not well represented in the process of negotiations for the mergers and acquisitions. 

Because of its impact on the company's stock market, the mergers and acquisitions negotiations are usually proceeded behind the tightly secured door. The immigration lawyers are usually not invited until the last stage of the negotiations or worse yet not invited at all until the mergers and acquisitions is completed.

The mergers and acquisitions takes a varying forms which have all different consequences on the alien employees' legal status and their future depending on the specific form of mergers and acquisitions. The alien employees should learn to watch for themselves their future.