USCIS has announced changes to its premium processing program for this year’s H-1B cap season. The changes to the premium processing program apply only to petitions subject to the annual [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has imposed new requirements to demonstrate financial self-sufficiency for green card applicants and those seeking temporary work status. The new rules make it easier for [...]
H-1B season is here! The H-1B classification is the most popular temporary work status for professional positions, and the time to act is now. Companies that seek to expand [...]
We have written previously about the administration’s proposed rule to take away work authorization for spouses of H-1B visa holders and the negative impact this would have on employees. [...]
The American Immigration Lawyers Association, or AILA, has recently released its 2020 Election Guide. The Guide includes analysis of candidates’ views divided into eight immigration topics. It also features candidate [...]
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) obtained U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records through its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. In March 2017, the government issued a policy [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that beginning December 2, 2019 it is increasing the fee to request premium processing for certain employment-based petitions. The government fee will [...]
We wrote earlier this summer about the Department of Labor’s new software rollout. The Foreign Labor Application Gateway, or FLAG, is the government’s new cloud-based portal designed to serve [...]
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) issued a new rule to determine eligibility for temporary work status, a green card, or admission to the United States. The rule changes [...]
We are often asked what it is like to work in the immigration field right now. Immigration law is a political flash point with the crisis at the border, [...]