• Made contacts seeking advice and guidance on a situation that is preventing nurses who have been hired in the Philippines from getting visas to travel to the U.S. and work in certain nursing homes, including client nursing home, in New York. Owner of the nursing home is interested in working with the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines to resolve any issues that require clarification or appropriate action on his part.

Duration: February 22, 2019 to July 15, 2019

General Issues: Immigration

Spending: about $20,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: State - Dept of (DOS)