The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for September includes results from the diversity visa (DV) lottery for fiscal year (FY) 2025 (October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025). The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, has registered and notified the...
Topic: Immigration Articles
DC Circuit Court Upholds H-4 Spousal Work Authorization
On August 2, 2024, a D.C. Circuit Court ruling in Save Jobs USA v. DHS upheld the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to grant work authorization to H-4 spouses of certain H-1B workers. Save Jobs USA had challenged DHS's authority to issue a rule...
USCIS Completes Second Random Selection for Regular Cap From Previously Submitted FY 2025 H-1B Cap Registrations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 5, 2024, that it has completed its second random selection to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B regular cap numerical allocation. As background, following its initial selections in March 2024,...
Visa Bulletin Reports on Availability of Employment-Based Visas in September
The Department of State's Visa Office has released the Visa Bulletin for September 2024. The bulletin notes that: There has been a steady increase in demand for employment-based visas. As a result, most employment-based preference category limits for fiscal year (FY)...
Stephen Yale-Loehr Comments on Harris’s Efforts to Address Central American Migration
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Boston Globe in 'Czar' or Not, Harris Bungled Immigration. He said that "it's difficult to figure out what can be accomplished in a short period of time. I think she started the groundwork" to address the root causes...
Symposium Celebrating Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr’s Career in Immigration Law
The Cornell International Law Journal will host "The (Im)possibility of Immigration Reform?," a symposium celebrating the career of Stephen Yale-Loehr and his contributions to the field of immigration law. The symposium will be held at Cornell Law School on November...
CIS Ombudsman Expands Nationwide Reach With Regional Representatives
The Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman has expanded its reach across the United States with four regional representatives based in Los Angeles (Western), Dallas (Central), Boston (Northeast), and Orlando (Southeast). According to a statement from the...
DOS Issues Notice of Class-Wide Relief in Emami Litigation
The Department of State (DOS) announced class-wide relief to begin August 12, 2024, following litigation in the consolidated cases Emam v. Mayorkas and Pars Equality Center v. Blinken, "to allow certain visa applicants who were refused visas under Presidential...
USCIS Releases Stats on O-1A Visas, National Interest Waivers, and EB-2 Receipts Since 2022 Guidance
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reported movement in the numbers of O-1A and EB-2 visa applications and approvals since Biden administration guidance was released in early 2022, along with an overall increase in applications for national interest...
I-9 Expiration Date Extended
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the expiration date of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to 05/31/2027. Employers must use the Form I-9 with the edition date of 08/1/23, which may have an expiration date of either 07/31/2026...
