The Department of State (DOS) announced on August 16, 2024, that annual limits have been reached in the EB-3, EW, and EB-5 unreserved categories for this fiscal year. DOS noted that: The annual limit for EB-3 visas is 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment limit, of...
Topic: Immigration Articles
DHS Announces Expedited Asylum Processing at Northern Border to Deter Unauthorized Migrants
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced measures to reduce unauthorized migration across the U.S. border with Canada: Starting August 14, 2024, asylum officers conducting threshold screening interviews (TSI) for noncitizens who are processed pursuant...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr on Path2Papers’ Impact and Immigration Challenges
Steve was quoted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (registration required) in As Election Nears, Four Freedoms Fund Seeks $5 Million to Support Immigrants. Among other things, the article discusses Path2Papers, a nonprofit project at Cornell University Law School,...
OFLC Announces Upcoming Final Decommission of Permanent Online System
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) alerted employers and other interested stakeholders that the legacy Permanent (PERM) Online System, which provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final...
USCIS Provides Fact Sheet on STEM Petition Trends in EB-2 and O-1A Categories
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided a fact sheet on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) petition trends in the EB-2 and O-1A categories in fiscal years 2018 to 2023. The fact sheet highlights data trends in these...
Parole Process Paused for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has temporarily paused the issuance of advance travel authorizations (ATAs) for new Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan beneficiaries while it reviews the supporter application process. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
E-Verify Employers Should Not Create a Case for Re-Paroled Ukrainian Employees, USCIS Says; Additional Guidance Released
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update to its policy on Ukrainian employees with parole, stating that E-Verify employers should not create a case in E-Verify for re-paroled employees unless they are newly hired. USCIS had announced...
DOS Releases FY 2025 Diversity Visa Results
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...
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,...
