U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule on January 4, 2023, to raise fees. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also proposes to fund the asylum program with a controversial new Asylum Program Fee of $600 to be paid by...
Topic: Immigration Updates
CDC Announces New COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Air Passengers From China
Effective January 5, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will require a pre-departure negative COVID-19 test, or documentation of recovery within the last 90 days, for air passengers boarding flights to the United States originating from the...
Visa Bulletin for January 2023 Reports on Availability in the Employment First Category for China and India, Unavailability of Religious Workers Category
The Department of State's (DOS) Visa Bulletin for January includes an update on visa availability in the employment first category for China and India. The bulletin states that it has become necessary to establish employment first preference final action and...
Supreme Court Extends Temporary Stay of ‘Title 42’
On December 19, 2022, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ordered Title 42, which allows the immediate expulsion of many migrants because of COVID-19 concerns, to temporarily remain in effect to allow the full Supreme Court time to consider the issue. On December...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Immigration Reform, Title 42
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by MarketWatch in " 'We Need More People,' Says Fed's Powell, But What Does That Mean for Immigration Reform?" Commenting on remarks by Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell that recent lower immigration has...
USCIS Seeks Comments on EB-5 Regional Center Forms for Investors
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks comments until January 23, 2023, on two forms associated with the EB-5 Regional Center (RC) program. USCIS explained that on March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022,...
USCIS Provides List of Options for Nonimmigrant Workers Following Termination of Employment
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...
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...
