The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman recently announced that USCIS Director Francis Cissna has clarified agency policy on advance parole for individuals who have an approved Form I-131 (Application for Travel Document) and a second one in...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted About Border Tunnels, Immigration Policy, H-1B Visas, DACA
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Fox News in "As Border Wall Talks Continue, Agents Keep Finding Cross-Border Tunnels." The article includes a video interview with Mr. Yale-Loehr. Noting that a multi-pronged approach to border security...
Miller Mayer’s Nicolai Hinrichsen Quoted In Manila Times about EB-5 in the Philippines
Miller Mayer’s Nicolai Hinrichsen, Managing Partner of Miller Mayer’s Asia EB-5 practice, was recently quoted by the Manila Times in “The EB-5 US Visa Explained.” Asked by The Manila Times if he thinks Philippines is ripe for such category, Hinrichsen answered,...
Naturalization Denials Lead to 26% Increase in Federal Litigation
Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reports that the latest available data from the federal courts show that during December 2018, the government reported 37 new federal civil immigration naturalization lawsuits over the last six...
Asylum-seekers to Remain in Mexico until Hearing Date per New DHS Policy
The Trump administration is implementing a new "Migration Protection Protocols (MPP)” to require certain asylum-seekers wishing to come to the United States to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed. The administration plans to bus asylum-seekers to their...
Government Reopens, but Canceled Hearings Add Years to Backlog
More than 80,000 immigration court hearings were canceled during the partial government shutdown from December 22, 2018 to January 25. While the government is now reopened until February 15, a report by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse...
DOS Orders Non-Emergency Americans Out of Venezuela, Suspends Visa Services
The U.S. Embassy in Caracas has suspended routine visa services due to the ordered departure of non-emergency personnel due to continued unrest. The U.S. Department of State ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees to leave Venezuela on January 24, 2019. The...
DOS and DHS Release 2019 List of Countries Eligible for H-2 Visa Programs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), recently released information specifying eligible countries whose nationals may participate in 2019 H-2A and H-2B visa...
Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Petitions Now Offer Premium Processing Option
Premium processing for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption (master's cap), restarted on Monday, January 28, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Petitioners who have...
Final H-1B Rule Favors U.S. Post-Graduate Degrees, Defers Mandatory Electronic Registration
A revised H-1B rule will go into effect on April 1, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS amended its regulations on H-1B cap-subject petitions, reversing the order by which USCIS selects H-1B petitions under the H-1B regular cap and...
