A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on March 23, 2018, keeps the federal government in operation through September 30, 2018, and increases overall funding for various aspects of federal immigration enforcement, among other things....
Topic: Immigration Updates
USCIS Accepts FY 2019 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions, Suspends Premium Processing
Starting April 2, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2019 cap. USCIS said it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all FY 2019 cap-subject petitions, including petitions...
H-1B to EB-5: A Faster Road to Green Cards for Indian Nationals Part I
Part I: Due Diligence in Choosing a Regional Center and EB-5 Project What: Free webinar When: April 19th, 2018 1:30-2:30 PM ET Miller Mayer is proud to present a special webinar series featuring CanAm Enterprises, LLC. CanAm has over 30 years’ experience sponsoring...
New Publications and Items of Interest for Mid-March
Nation of immigrants. Podcasts on U.S. immigration history and what it means to be an immigrant in America are at: Code Switch Podcast: What Does It Mean To Be A 'Nation of Immigrants'? Hidden Brain: The Huddled Masses and the Myth of America American Pendulum I...
SAVE Moves from Paper to Electronic Verification Request Submissions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that on May 1, 2018, the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program will no longer accept the paper G-845, Documentation Verification Request, or the paper G-845, 3rd Step Document...
DHS Extends TPS for Syria
The Department of Homeland Security announced on March 5, 2018, that it is extending the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Syria for 18 months, from April 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019. The extension allows currently eligible TPS beneficiaries to...
Lost in the Weed: Practitioners Warn About Potential Immigration Consequences of Marijuana Use
More and more states are legalizing marijuana for both medical and recreational use. But federal law still makes most marijuana use criminally prosecutable and a ground of inadmissibility for people wishing to come to the United States. Immigration practitioners are...
California, Sued by Dept. of Justice for ‘Sanctuary’ Laws, Continues to Resist
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on March 6, 2018, against the state of California, Governor Jerry Brown, and the state's attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over several "sanctuary" laws passed by the state. DOJ argues in its complaint that these laws...
Draft Bill in Congress Would Dramatically Change EB-5 Program
Late last week, congressional staffers released a draft bill to reform the EB-5 immigrant investor program. If enacted, the bill would make major changes to the EB-5 regional center program. Among other things, the draft 55-page bill would make the following changes:...
New Publications and Items of Interest for Early March
E-Verify free webinar listings are available at https://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/e-verify-webinars/take-free-webinar. Advisories and tips: Community Advisory: Social Media, Criminalization, and Immigration has been published by the National Lawyers Guild's National...
