U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (green cards) for petitioners who properly file Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, or Form I-829, Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Initial Registration for FY 2024 H-1B Cap Opens March 1
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon ET on March 1, 2023, and run through noon ET on March 17, 2023. Prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Hosts Immigration Policy Conference
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr, who also runs the Cornell Law School Immigration Law and Policy Research Program, will co-present "Immigration Reform: Lessons Learned and a Path Forward," a conference to be held February 24, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to...
USCIS Provides Follow-Up Q&A on International Student Issues
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided questions and answers following a webinar presented by the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman in August 2022 on international student issues. Topics include maintaining F-1 status...
DOS Launches ‘Welcome Corps’ for Private Sponsorship of Refugees
The Department of State (DOS), in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, announced the launch of "Welcome Corps," a new private sponsorship program to welcome refugees arriving through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and support...
ICE Unintentionally Releases Information on 6,000 Noncitizens in Custody
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that on November 28, 2022, while performing routine website updates, it unintentionally posted a document on ICE.gov that included names and other personally identifiable information (PII), along with...
HHS Issues Poverty Guidelines for 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued updated poverty income guidelines for 2023 to account for 2022's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index. Several federal programs use the poverty guidelines as an eligibility criterion. As in...
Visa Bulletin for February 2023 Includes Retrogressions in the Employment Third Preference ‘Other Workers’ Category, and ‘Certain Religious Workers’ Availability
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for February 2023 includes the following information about retrogressions in the worldwide final action and application filing dates in the employment third preference "Other Workers" category: Higher than expected number use in...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re U.S. Immigration Policy, Labor Shortages
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Morningstar in "'We Need More People,' Says Fed's Powell. What Does That Mean for Immigration Reform?" Powell's remarks could be seen as part of a slow process that eventually results in long-awaited...
Supreme Court Declines to Resurrect Trump-Era Public Charge Rule
After the Trump administration's 2019 public charge rule was invalidated nationwide following a court battle and the Biden administration's dropping of its defense of the rule, Texas and 13 other states attempted to intervene and bring back the rule through...
