In a decision issued December 16, 2020, the Ninth Circuit ruled that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) denial of a visa for a computer programmer on the basis that it was not a "specialty occupation" was arbitrary and capricious, and remanded the...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Co-Authors Article re Post-Denial Strategies for Petitions Filed with USCIS
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr has coauthored an article called Post-Denial Strategies: How to Get from “No” to “Yes”. The article focuses on how to overcome petitions denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The article...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Asylum, DACA, Sanctuary Cities
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Washington Post in "A Maryland Immigrant Hoped to Delay His Deportation Until Biden Took Office. It Didn't Work." The article reports on a case in which a man who had been in the United States for 20...
TPS ‘Document Validity’ Extended for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is automatically extending the validity of temporary protected status (TPS)-related documentation for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal for nine months from...
USCIS Issues DACA Guidance Under Court Order
Following litigation related to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that resulted in a U.S. district court order issued December 4, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released guidance effective December 7, 2020. USCIS is: Accepting...
DHS, DOJ Issue Final Rule Tightening Asylum Regulations
On December 11, 2020, the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule tightening the regulations governing asylum, withholding of removal, and protections under the Convention Against Torture. Despite more than 87,000 mostly negative...
Miller Mayer Receives National Interest Waiver Approval for Neuroscientist
Miller Mayer successfully obtained an immigrant visa petition approval in the national interest waiver green card category for a neuroscientist from Israel. The national interest waiver is an attractive option given the relatively short wait for a green card compared...
Post-Denial Strategies: How to Get from “No” to “Yes”
By Diane M. Butler, Leslie K. Dellon, David Isaacson, and Stephen Yale-Loehr Diane M. Butler is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle, where she focuses on business immigration. Before law school, she graduated from the University of Wyoming, worked on Capitol...
Miller Mayer Secures EB-5 Immigrant Investor Petition Approval for a Chinese Client After Nearly 5 Years
After a successful mandamus court filing and a timely filed response to a request for additional evidence from USCIS, Miller Mayer secured an EB-5 I-526 petition approval for a Chinese client after a nearly 5-year wait. With this I-526 approval in hand our client can...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re DACA, H-1B, Deportation Procedures, Public Charge
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the New York Times in " 'They're Playing With Our Lives': What Happens Next for DACA's 'Dreamers.' " He said, "DACA recipients cannot feel safe yet, for a variety of reasons. The only true solution for...
