On December 19, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided a compilation of options that may be available to nonimmigrant workers seeking to remain in the United States in a period of authorized stay following termination of employment. The...
Topic: Immigration Updates
E-Verify Restores Employers’ Ability to Upload Multiple Hiring Sites Simultaneously
E-Verify has restored the ability of employers, employer agents, and corporate administrators to upload multiple hiring sites simultaneously. E-Verify said this feature increases efficiency for companies with multiple hiring sites by providing an alternative to manual...
DHS Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Final Rule Effective December 23
On December 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule went into effect. The previously announced final rule "provides clarity and consistency for noncitizens on how DHS will administer the public charge...
Chief Justice Roberts Issues Temporary Stay of ‘Title 42’; Thousands Wait in Mexico
Chief Justice Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary stay of Title 42 on December 19, 2022, to allow the Supreme Court time to consider the issue. Justice Roberts' order came after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an update on December...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Investigates Immigrants’ Eligibility for Public Benefits
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-led a Cornell University project researching the extent to which immigrants know about their eligibility for public benefits. Through interviews with asylum applicants currently in the United States and healthcare...
USCIS Announces Trial for Naturalization Test Updates
The Department of Homeland Security announced that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to conduct a trial for updates to the current naturalization test. The trial is tentatively scheduled for a five-month period in 2023. The purpose of the...
Guangzhou Immigrant Visa Unit Closes Until Further Notice; Limited Services Announced at Other U.S. Embassies and Consulates in China
The Immigrant Visa Unit of the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou, China, announced that beginning December 19, 2022, it will be closed for regular visa services until further notice due to limited resources. The unit will notify the public once it is able to resume normal...
OFLC Publishes New 2023 H-2A Hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Non-Range Occupations and for Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range
In two notices, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced the new Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) under the H-2A program for (1) agricultural labor or services other than the herding or production of livestock on the range, and...
DHS Issues Update on Southwest Border Security and Preparedness Under Court-Ordered Lifting of ‘Title 42’; Termination of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Paused
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an update on December 13, 2022, on southwest border security and preparedness in anticipation of a court-ordered lifting of Title 42 by December 21, 2022, which was upheld by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a...
USCIS Increases H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa Availability
In a temporary final rule published on December 15, 2022, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, has increased the total number of noncitizens who may receive an H-2B nonimmigrant visa by up to 64,716 for fiscal year (FY)...
