Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored an article called "Unleashing International Entrepreneurs to Help the U.S. Economy Recover from the Pandemic." The article, published by the Brookings Institution, recommends several ways to make it easier...
Topic: Immigration Updates
State Dept. Announces Updated Interpretation of Acquisition of Citizenship at Birth
The Department of State announced on May 18, 2021, an update in its interpretation and application of the requirements for acquisition of U.S. citizenship at birth in light of advances in assisted reproductive technology. Children born abroad to parents, at least one...
USCIS Extends SAVE Records Download Deadline to June 4, 2021
The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program announced that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has extended the deadline to June 4, 2021, for SAVE users to download older case information before USCIS disposes of it. This applies to SAVE...
DHS Issues Final Rule to Remove Vacated H-1B Rule
The Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule, effective May 19, 2021, that removes an interim final rule issued in October 2020 and later vacated by a federal district court, "Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program." The interim...
DHS, DOL Issue Joint Rule Increasing H-2B Visa Cap
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2021 "to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm...
Unleashing international entrepreneurs to help the U.S. economy recover from the pandemic
by Dan Berger, Steve Yale-Loehr, Doug Rand, Leon Rodriguez, Lindsay Milliken, Kelli Duehning, Megan Kludt, Jeff Goldman, and Michael Serotte In 2014, then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Jeh Johnson issued a memo (The 2014 memo) recommending...
Miller Mayer Attorneys Recognized by EB5 Investors Magazine
Miller Mayer attorneys Nicolai Hinrichsen and Stephen Yale-Loehr were recently recognized by EB5 Investors Magazine in their 2021 Top 25 issue. Nicolai Hinrichsen, a partner in Miller Mayer’s Immigration practice group, was listed among the Top 25 Immigration...
Miller Mayer Obtains National Interest Waiver Green Card for Wildlife Pathologist
Employment-based immigrant visas can be a long and complex process, especially when there is a job offer and a labor certification requirement. However, one immigrant visa option, the national interest waiver, does not require either a job offer or a labor...
Afghan Translators/Interpreters Who Helped United States Seek Visas Promised to Them
An estimated 18,000 Afghan translators/interpreters and their families who have aided the U.S. military and government with translation services await pending Special Immigrant Visas. With the September 2021 deadline looming for the United States to withdraw American...
CBP Announces Policy Change on National Interest Exceptions at Port of Atlanta
Due to a "recent necessary policy change," effective May 14, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of Atlanta will only consider processing § 212(f) national interest exception (NIE) waiver requests for "urgent humanitarian reasons or those...
