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...
Topic: Immigration Updates
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...
Webinar: Navigating the New EB-5 Regulations
On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published new, final regulations that will significantly alter the Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5 Program). The new regulations vastly increase the minimum investment amount to $900,000, change how targeted...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr Quoted in Various Media Outlets
Mr. Yale-Loehr was quoted by Reuters in "U.S. to Expand Rapid Deportation Nationwide With Sweeping New Rule." Mr. Yale-Loehr said the new policy will create chaos and fear in immigrant communities and could have unintended consequences. "U.S. citizens could be...
USCIS Ombudsman Says EAD Help Requests Constituted Single Largest Source of Work in 2018, Recommends Changes to H-1B Program Implementation Under BAHA
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman recently released its 2019 Annual Report. The report notes that requests for help related to employment authorization documents (EADs) constituted the single largest source of work for the Ombudsman's...
H-2B Petitioners Must Include Temporary Labor Certification Final Determination With Form I-129
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 26, 2019, that employers who file an H-2B application for temporary labor certification in FLAG will only receive a temporary labor certification electronically, as of July 3, when the Department of...
Judges Rule on Third-Country Asylum Ban
Following a joint interim rule issued by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security on July 16, 2019, that restricted asylum, with some exceptions, for migrants traveling through third countries to reach the United States (most notably for many Central Americans...
Expedited Removal Expands to Interior of United States
With immediate effect, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice on July 23, 2019, to place certain persons determined to be inadmissible in expedited removal, with limited exceptions. Affected individuals include those who have not been admitted or...
