The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently granted summary judgment for plaintiffs and denied defendants' motion to dismiss in an H-1B case, RELX, Inc. v. Baran. The plaintiffs, RELX, Inc., d/b/a LexisNexis USA, and a data analyst for Lexis Nexis in...
Topic: Immigration Updates
USCIS Is Rejecting Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions That Lack Required Name and Address
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued a reminder that as of August 5, 2019, it is rejecting Form I-129 nonimmigrant worker petitions that do not include the petitioner's or applicant's name and primary U.S. office address in Part 1 of the...
State Dept. Establishes, Retrogresses August Employment-Based Final Action Dates
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for August 2019 notes a steadily increasing level of employment-based applicant demand since late May for adjustment-of-status cases filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, with no indication that this increase...
USCIS Issues New Public Charge Regulations
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released new regulations reinterpreting how the agency will determine whether a foreign national is eligible for admission under the “public charge” ground of inadmissibility found under section...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted on Sanctuary Churches
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Axios in Lutheran Denomination Claims it is the First 'Sanctuary Church Body' Mr. Yale-Loehr noted that although U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers frequently stay out of a church if...
USCIS Updates Filing Addresses for Some I-129 Petitions
Though no normal announcement was made, USCIS has updated the direct filing addresses for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. Specifically, changes were made on the USCIS webpage for the filing addresses for H-1B cap-exempt petitions for extension of stay,...
Matter of H-G-G-, Adopted Decision on TPS
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decision in Matter of H-G-G- affects Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries and their eligibility to adjust their status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, reaffirming the position held by the...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted on EB-5 Regulations and Obama’s Immigration Polices
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Stephen Yale-Loehr provided his take on how the latest EB-5 regulations will affect employment for U.S. workers on The Everyday Immigration Podcast. Mr. Yale-Loehr was also quoted by FiveThirtyEight in “Will The 2020 Democrats Reject...
David Wilks Discusses International Entrepreneurship with Cornell Tech’s Fernando Gomez-Baquero on Podcast
According to the Center for American Entrepreneurship, nearly half of all Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. However, there is no visa specifically for entrepreneurs. In fact, being an entrepreneur can make obtaining a...
Miller Mayer’s Latest O-1 Success Story
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Sandra Bruno successfully obtained O-1 status for an internationally recognized cartoonist from Nicaragua. O-1 visas are granted to those who have risen to the very top of their field. To receive an O-1 visa classification, the...
