By late 2015, The Department of HomelandSecurity (DHS) is expected to launch a test program with the Canadiangovernment. The initiative is designed to streamline adjudication of certaintypes of employment-based immigration benefit requests filed by eligible U.S.employers. Essentially, the goal is to aid U.S.– Canada business travel.  
The pilot program emerged under the U.S. andCanada Beyond the Border initiative. The latter allows both countries to work together to address threats within, at, and awayfrom their borders, while expediting lawful trade and travel. And in doing so,the pilot program furthers the binational commitment under the NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement.
The Known Employer program will facilitatelegitimate cross-border business travel along the northern border ports ofentry. Specifically, the program targets to: 
  • Make adjudications more efficient and less costly.
  • Reduce paperwork and delays for both the department and U.S. employers who seek to employ foreign workers.

This is notthe first program of its kind. The DHS has initiated a trusted employer conceptin the Philippines with its Priority Interview Program and  Business Executive Program in India.