U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain temporary protected status (TPS) beneficiaries from Haiti and Yemen. Haiti. USCIS said EADs issued under Haitian TPS are...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Selected H-1B Premium Processing Suspensions Lengthened and Fee Raised
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 28, 2018, that it is extending the previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions and, beginning September 11, 2018, will expand this temporary...
Employment-Based Preference Categories Oversubscribed, State Dept. Says
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for the month of September 2018 includes the following excerpted information: WORLDWIDE, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, MEXICO, AND PHILIPPINES EMPLOYMENT-BASED SECOND (E2), Third (E3), and Third Other Worker (EW)...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Asylum, Melania Trump’s Parents
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by ABC News in "First Lady Melania Trump Sponsored Parents' Green Card Application." He noted, "The most obvious way that they would have become green card holders is by being the parents of a U.S....
USCIS Revises Final Guidance on Unlawful Presence for Students and Exchange Visitors
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a revised final policy memorandum related to unlawful presence after considering feedback received during a 30-day public comment period. Under the revised memo, effective August 9, 2018, F and M...
EB-1 Green Cards Backlogged Worldwide
The Department of State (DOS) announced recently that the worldwide limits on the highest-preference green cards, EB-1s, was reached for the fiscal year. The worldwide backlog for EB-1 visas is expected to continue through at least October and potentially into 2019....
Controversial DHS Draft Rule Proposes Changes to Public Charge Definition
A controversial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) draft proposed rule leaked to the media would make it more difficult for legal immigrants who have received public benefits to become U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Immigrants and their immediate family...
Policy Changes to Unlawful Presence Guidance for F, J, & M Visa Holders
On August 9, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published new guidance relating to unlawful presence for F (student), J (exchange visitor), & M (vocational/technical student) nonimmigrants. This guidance also affects those on dependent...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding EB-5 Program and OPT
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted recently by various media outlets: On the EB-5 program: Pacific Standard: Amid Immigration Uproar, Trump Keeps Mum on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Mr. Yale-Loehr said, "In March, Congress considered...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Asylum, Family Separation, and ICE
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted recently by various media outlets: On family reunification: Univision: Qué pasa si el gobierno de Trump no cumple con la reunificación de familias ordenada por una corte federal Agence France-Presse...
