The federal government has officially shut down as of January 20, 2018 as the Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution. While USCIS as a fee-for-service agency will continue to operate, 4 immigration programs including the EB-5 regional center program, the...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer’s Nicolai Hinrichsen, Kristal Ozmun and Adam Schaye to Speak at the 2018 Las Vegas EB-5 & Global Investment Immigration Convention
Miller Mayer immigration attorneys Nicolai Hinrichsen, Kristal Ozmun and Adam Schaye will speak at the 2018 Las Vegas EB-5 & Global Investment Immigration Convention, hosted by EB-5 Investors Magazine at the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on...
USCIS Will Not Seek to Limit H-1B Extensions
Recently, media reports began to surface indicating that the Trump Administration’s regulatory agenda would include an effort to restrict H-1B extensions beyond the six-year limit. USCIS spokesman Jonathan Withington has confirmed that “...USCIS is not considering a...
DOJ Settles U.S. Worker Discrimination Claims Against Colorado Agricultural Company
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Crop Production Services Inc. (Crop Production), an agricultural company headquartered in Loveland, Colorado. The settlement resolves a lawsuit the DOJ filed against the...
DOJ Clarifies Policy on EADs for TPS Hondurans and Nicaraguans
The Immigrant & Employee Rights Section of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division recently clarified policy with respect to employment authorization documents (EADs) based on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) automatic extension...
USCIS Clarifies Proxy Vote Use for Certain Intracompany Transferee Visa Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated policy guidance on January 3, 2018, clarifying that a proxy vote must be irrevocable to establish the requisite control of a company in an L-1 intracompany transferee visa petition. USCIS explained that...
CBP Updates Directive on Border Searches of Electronic Devices
On January 4, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an update to the agency's directive governing border searches of electronic devices. The new directive supersedes the previous directive released in August 2009. John Wagner, CBP Deputy Executive Assistant...
OFLC Alerts Employers, Stakeholders about High Volume of H-2B Temporary Labor Certification Requests
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) made a "public service announcement" on January 3, 2018, to alert employers and other interested stakeholders about the high volume of applications received requesting temporary labor...
New I-94 Feature Reminds VWP Travelers of Number of Remaining Days
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently launched two new "traveler compliance initiatives" on January 5, 2018. A new feature added to the I-94 website, under the "View Compliance" tab, allows Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers to check the status of their...
DHS to Terminate TPS for El Salvador in September 2019
On January 8, 2018, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen announced that the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for El Salvador will be terminated on September 9, 2019. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that the "substantial disruption...
