The Guardian: Iranian Students Barred From US: Lost Money, Broken Dreams, No Answers They had been accepted to prestigious postgraduate programs, many in California, but they got no further than the airport… … Aghajohari was one of about 20 students from Iran who were...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Immigrants Lead the Way for America in Nobel Prizes
Four immigrants to the United States have been named Nobel laureates for 2019. They include French-born Esther Duflo and Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee in the field of economics. British immigrant M. Stanley Whittingham won for chemistry, and Canadian-born James Peebles...
DHS Secretary Resigns
After just six months serving as Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kevin McAleenan resigned last Friday night. McAleenan was the fourth DHS Secretary of the Trump Administration. He focused his time at the agency cracking down on asylum...
2021 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2021)
The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants” from countries with historically low rates...
EB-5 Regional Center Program Extended to Nov. 21
The EB-5 Regional Center Program, which was due to sunset (expire) on September 30, 2019, is now extended through November 21, 2019. On September 28, a Continuing Resolution was passed by Congress and signed by the President to not only extend the funding of the...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr Quoted in Various News Outlets
New York Times: Trump Will Deny Immigrant Visas to Those Who Can’t Pay for Health Care The Trump administration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs once they become permanent residents...
Lawsuits Seek to Block Public Charge Rule from Taking Effect
The massive public charge rule that threatens to upend the legal immigration system is scheduled to take effect on October 15th and various lawsuits filed in courts around the country seek to stop or at least delay it. Nine suits have been filed seeking to prevent the...
USCIS Indicates They Intend to Proceed with Requiring Pre-Registration for H-1B Lottery
In January 2019, USCIS announced a new process for filing for H-1B cases that involves an electronic preregistration process that will allow employers to provide more limited information than is included in a full H-1B filing and H-1B petitioners would be selected...
Trump Administration Announces Bar on Immigrants Lacking Health Insurance
President Trump has issued a proclamation blocking the admission of individuals applying for immigrant visas who are unable to demonstrate that they will be able to get health insurance within 30 days of entering the US. The order takes effect November 3rd and...
Public Charge and Applicants for Change/Extension of Nonimmigrant Status
By Dan Berger, Julia Teele, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Lisa York, David Wilks, and Sandra Bruno Beginning October 15, 2019, a new federal regulation will change the way USCIS looks at “public charge,” which is an evaluation of whether a foreign national is likely to need...
