The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for September 2020 includes modest forward movement in the family-based immigration categories. There was no movement in the employment-based preference categories, with the exception of a slight move forward for India and China...
Topic: Immigration Updates
DHS Blasts GAO Report on Invalidity of Appointments of Wolf and Cuccinelli, Demands Rescission; GAO Refuses
Following last week's bombshell report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding invalid the appointments of Chad Wolf as Acting Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Kenneth Cuccinelli as Senior Official Performing the Duties...
USCIS Reminds F-1 Nonimmigrants in Post-Completion OPT and DSOs of Severe Consequences for Not Entering Employer Info in SEVIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder on August 18, 2020, to F-1 nonimmigrant students and their designated school officials (DSOs) that they must update the employer information in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System...
Two Lawsuits Challenge USCIS Fee Increase Rule
Two lawsuits were filed recently challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee hikes and related actions: AILA/Sidley lawsuit. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Sidley Austin LLP filed a lawsuit on August 20, 2020, challenging...
Reminder: New I-765 Form Must Be Used If Postmarked On or After August 25, 2020
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will accept the current edition of Forms I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and I-765WS, dated 12/26/19, if they are postmarked before August 25, 2020. If they are postmarked on or after August 25, 2020,...
USCIS Suddenly Begins Selecting New H-1B Lottery Winners
According to reports, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) experienced an unexpected decline in H-1B filings and therefore is selecting additional H-1B lottery winners. Some immigration attorneys say they are suddenly receiving email notifications from...
GAO Says Appointments of Wolf and Cuccinelli to Acting DHS Leadership Roles Were Invalid
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a decision concluding that after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in April 2019, the official who assumed the title of Acting Secretary, Kevin McAleenan, had not been...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr to Speak at Cornell Webinar
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will be speaking at Cornell University webinar “Immigrants, Health, and the Coronavirus Crisis”. He will discuss Weill Cornell and Cornell University’s efforts to assist immigrants through Migrations: A Global Grand...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re New Immigration Executive Order, Immigration Courts
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Times of India in "Nasscom Says Trump Move on Federal Contracts Misguided." He said the latest executive order seems innocuous, but that "as we have seen with prior executive orders, this may be the...
Court Extends Temporary Restraining Order in Case Challenging EAD Delays
On August 3, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) in a case challenging delays in issuance of employment authorization documents (EADs). On August 6, the court extended the TRO to August 24, 2020....
