U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released policy guidance to clarify the validity period of employment authorization for F-1 nonimmigrant students experiencing severe economic hardship due to emergent circumstances (also known as special student...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Biden Administration Proposes Controversial Rule on ‘Temporary’ Measures to Limit Asylum at Southwest Border
The Biden administration issued a new proposed rule that it called "temporary," which would introduce a "rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility for certain noncitizens who neither avail themselves of a lawful, safe, and orderly pathway to the United States nor...
Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Requests Amicus Briefs on Immigration-Related Document Fraud
The Department of Justice's Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (CAHO) for immigration-related cases has invited interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs on this question: Does a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324c(a)(2) for the knowing use of a...
United States, Mexico Sign MOU on Temporary Foreign Workers
The United States and Mexico have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) "to strengthen protections for workers participating in temporary foreign worker programs," the Department of Labor reported. The MOU includes a variety of measures, including promoting fair...
Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial of Employer’s Petition for Multinational Executive/Manager
Elizur International Inc., a company that produces ornamental glass products, filed an employment-based green card petition in 2018 seeking to permanently employ Chuncheng Ren, a Chinese citizen, in the United States as a multinational executive or manager. U.S....
Ninth Circuit Agrees to Rehear Temporary Protected Status Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has agreed to rehear a case, Ramos v. Mayorkas, filed by temporary protected status (TPS) recipients and their children, thus granting at least a temporary reprieve to an estimated 300,000 affected TPS recipients. A...
E-Verify Recommends Timeframes to Resolve Certain Social Security Mismatches; Deadline is September 29, 2023
E-Verify notified employers on February 15, 2023, that it recommends that employees with E-Verify Social Security Administration (SSA) Tentative Nonconfirmation mismatch cases falling within certain timeframes to visit their local SSA offices within preferred date...
March Visa Bulletin Includes Updates on Visa Availability in Coming Months
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for March 2023 includes updates on visa availability in various categories, including possible retrogressions in the coming months: Visa availability in the EB-2 preference category for all countries (including China and India):...
USCIS Issues Documentation Reminder for Permanent Residence/Adjustment Applications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder to applicants on February 10, 2023, to file all required initial evidence and supporting documentation listed under the Checklist of Required Initial Evidence heading when they file Form I-485,...
SAVE To Enable New Initial Verification Response
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) plans to enable a new initial verification response, "Unable to Create Case," on February 20, 2023. SAVE will provide this response when a user tries to submit a duplicate case via a web browser. Instead of...
