U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it is automatically extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (green cards) for lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who applied for naturalization on December 12, 2022, or later. USCIS will update the...
Topic: Immigration Updates
USCIS Announces ‘Important’ H-2B Supplemental Cap Petition Filing Updates Before Publication of Temporary Final Rule
On December 8, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced "important" filing updates for petitioners who will be requesting additional H-2B workers for fiscal year 2023 under the upcoming temporary final rule. USCIS said it was announcing these...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Immigration Lawsuits, STEM Issues
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Dallas Morning News in "Texas AG Ken Paxton's Lawsuits Stymie Biden Agenda on Immigration and Healthcare." He said, "For the time being, it seems like Paxton is as important as the [federal...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr to Moderate Webinar on Immigration Reform in 2023
eCornell will host a free webinar on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 1-2 pm ET about the chances for immigration reform legislation in 2023. Can lessons learned during the last round of reform be applied to future debates? Charles Kamasaki, author of "Immigration...
CBP Announces New U.S. Bridge Visa Foil
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on November 21, 2022, that it has begun issuing a new visa foil with an image of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The foil has been redesigned to replace the Lincoln visa foil. As each consular post depletes its Lincoln...
House Scheduled to Vote This Week on Bill to Phase Out Per-Country Caps
According to reports, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022 (H.R. 3648), a bill that would phase out per-country limits on employment-based...
Under Court Order, DOL to Propose Rescission of H-2B Registration Requirements and Provide Unique H-2B Temporary Registration Numbers
In response to a federal court order in Padilla Construction Company v. Walsh, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) plans to rescind H-2B registration requirements and propose conforming edits throughout its H-2B regulations. In...
USCIS Accepting Only 8/19/22 Edition of N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions
As of November 21, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is accepting only the 8/19/22 edition of Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions. USCIS revised the form and removed several questions, including dates of diagnosis and when...
OFLC Releases FAQs on Prevailing Wage Surveys Under 2022 H-2A Final Rule
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released frequently asked questions (FAQs) on prevailing wage surveys under the 2022 H-2A final rule, "Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States,"...
Dept. of Labor Announces Additional Listening Sessions on H-2A Program
The Department of Labor (DOL) previously announced that it intends to engage in additional rulemaking concerning the H-2A visa program for the temporary agricultural employment of foreign workers. DOL initially announced it would conduct two public virtual listening...
