Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by various media outlets:Los Angeles Times: " 'I have lost everything': Iranian Students With Valid Visas Sent Home Upon Arrival at U.S. Airports" Steve said the difficulties that Iranian students currently...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer Helps Clients Obtain National Interest and Extraordinary Ability Green Cards
Miller Mayer’s Kristal Ozmun successfully assisted a diagnostic radiology expert who specializes in critical obstetrics and geriatric neurodegenerative conditions to obtain a National Interest Waiver green card. Our client is widely recognized for her research on the...
USCIS Updates Process for Accepting Petitions for Relatives Abroad
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, will only be processed domestically by USCIS or internationally by the Department of State (DOS) in certain circumstances beginning February 1, 2020. DOS will...
Biometrics Collection Guidance Updated
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced updates to its policy guidance concerning mobile biometrics services and fingerprint waivers: USCIS will not provide mobile biometrics services in prisons or jails for individuals who cannot attend their...
USCIS Announces I-9 Form Changes
As of January 31, 2020, employers should begin using a new version of the Form I-9 (version 10/21/2019, expires 10/31/2022). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says the old form will become obsolete on April 30, 2020. Employers may use the old form...
USCIS Changes Adjudication Process for EB-5 Visa Petitions to ‘Visa Availability Approach’
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a process change for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor, "from a first-in, first-out basis to a visa availability approach." "Changing our approach from a first-in, first-out adjudication...
Trump Administration Suspends U.S. Entry, With Exceptions, of Nationals From Six New Countries
On January 31, 2020, the Trump administration announced suspension of entry into the United States for nationals of six new countries, with some exceptions: Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania, "until those countries address their...
Trump Administration Restricts U.S. Entry of Travelers From and Through China Due to Coronavirus Risk
On January 31, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation effective February 2, 2020, restricting and limiting entry into the United States of "all aliens who were physically present within the People's Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions...
USCIS Announces Public Charge Rule Implementation Following Supreme Court Stay of Nationwide Injunctions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will implement the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule on February 24, 2020, except in Illinois, where the rule remains enjoined by a federal court as of January 30, 2020. Earlier, on...
Public Charge and Applicants for Change/Extension of Nonimmigrant Status: Impact on F-1 Students
By Dan Berger, Julia Teele, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Lisa York, and Sandra Bruno Beginning February 24, 2020, a new federal regulation will change the way the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) looks at “public charge,” which is an evaluation of whether a...
