According to reports, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is conducting site visits to H-2B employers nationwide in a variety of industry sectors. A site inspector may ask to review documentation and interview staff and the H-2B worker. There may be...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Household Income Sole Requirement for Proposed Fee Waiver Change
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed revising evidence requirements for Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. Specifically, USCIS would reduce the evidence required for the I-912 to only a person's household income and no longer require proof...
DHS Proposes Totality of Circumstances Assessment for All Immigration Petitions
Individuals who have received public benefits will face increased scrutiny when applying for permanent residency, visas, or changes to nonimmigrant visa status, if a currently proposed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule is ultimately implemented. The new...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Student Visa Denials
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in "A Dream Denied": Commenting on what's known in immigration law as "nonimmigrant intent," which is a common reason why prospective students are denied visas to come to the United...
44 New Immigration Judges Comprise Largest Class in History
Attorney General Jeff Sessions highlighted the need for more immigration judges and increased backlog efficiency in his September 10, 2018 remarks to welcome the largest new class of Immigration Judges (IJs) in history. Among other things, Mr. Sessions said more IJs...
Somalians, Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status Have Some Validity Documents Extended
Some employment authorization documents (EADs) have been automatically extended for individuals from Somalia and El Salvador who have temporary protected status (TPS). Following are highlights: Somalia. USCIS has automatically extended the validity of EADs issued...
Federal Lockbox Facilities Are Now Filing Centers for Form I-751
Form I-751 petitions, which are requests to waive residence specifications for the petitioner, must now be filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). As of September 10, 2018, Form I-751 should be sent to a USCIS Lockbox Facility. The new...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Spouses of H-1B Workers and Impact of Trump’s Immigration Policies on New York
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted in the following publications: Univision: "Unos 100,000 cónyuges de visas H-1B están a punto de perder sus permisos de trabajo" ["100,000 Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders are on the Verge of Losing Their Work...
Miller Mayer Success Story: O-1 Extraordinary Ability Visa Approved for Postdoctoral Engineer
Miller Mayer immigration attorney David Wilks successfully obtained urgently needed O-1 status for a structural engineer/postdoctoral fellow who uses computer vision technology to monitor the health of civil infrastructure, such as bridges and dams. By so doing,...
USCIS Reconsiders EB-5 Geographic Regions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memorandum on August 24, 2018, announcing that it is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding a regional center's geographic area, requests to expand the geographic area, and how such requests...
