After a successful response to a request for additional evidence issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Miller Mayer secured an immigrant visa petition approval and national interest waiver in the EB-2 green card category for a Russian media...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Top Immigration Cases of the Year
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Law360 in "Top Immigration Cases of 2020: Year in Review." He said the number of immigration-related lawsuits in 2020 was "unprecedented. I've seen more immigration litigation in 2020 than I have in any...
DHS, DOJ Issue Final Rule on Asylum and Withholding of Removal Security Bars for Public Health Concerns
The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice issued a final rule clarifying that the security bar for "danger to the security of the United States" for asylum and withholding of removal may encompass emergency public health concerns due to a communicable disease....
In Response to Litigation, OFLC Updates Implementation of H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology
On December 23, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order in United Farm Workers v. DOL enjoining the Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing a final rule on adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) methodology for the temporary...
Filing Window for H-2B Applications With Work Start Dates on April 1 or After Opens in January
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) reminded employers that the filing window to submit H-2B Applications for Temporary Employment Certification (Form ETA-9142B and appendices) requesting work start dates of April 1, 2021, or later...
President Trump Signs Appropriations Bill with Several Immigration Provisions; State Dept. Issues Related Guidance
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Among other things, the new law extends several expiring immigration programs. The E-Verify, Conrad 30, and non-minister religious worker green card programs are reauthorized...
Miller Mayer Receives National Interest Waiver Approval for Mathematician
Miller Mayer recently received an approval for a National Interest Waiver immigrant visa petition for a preeminent Mathematician from Switzerland with multiple mathematical concepts bearing his name. Understandably, USCIS approved this filing in only 8 months without...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Immigration Proposals, Fee Hikes
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr contributed a recommendation to "Deregulating Legal Immigration: A Blueprint for Agency Action," published by the Cato Institute. The article presents 30 deregulatory proposals by 15 authors for consideration by the...
In Response to Litigation, USCIS Pauses ‘Blank Space’ Rejection Policy
As a result of litigation in Vangala v. USCIS challenging USCIS's blank-space rejection policy, where the agency rejected applications because of blank spaces, USCIS has agreed to pause implementation of the rejection policy starting December 24, 2020. According to...
Cato Institute Proposes 30 Deregulatory Actions for Biden Administration
The Cato Institute recommended 30 deregulatory actions for the Biden administration to consider, to "lessen the costs of America's outdated immigration laws." The proposals "focus entirely on agency measures to improve the process for legal immigrants." The report...
