On May 14, 2018, USCIS began recalling approximately 8,500 permanent resident cards ("green cards") due to a production error. The green cards were for approved Forms I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions of Residence, for spouses of U.S. citizens. The cards were...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Guidance Revised on EB-5 Immigrant Investor Cases Involving Tenant Occupancy; Adjustment of Status Interview Guidelines/Waiver Criteria
USCIS announced on May 16, 2018, that it is revising guidance on immigrant investor (EB-5) cases involving tenant occupancy. Previously, the USCIS Policy Manual allowed for tenant-occupancy methodologies used by some petitioners to show that their capital created, or...
USCIS Corrects Biometric Services Appointment Notices with Wrong Application Support Center Locations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated on May 23, 2018, that due to a processing error on May 4, 2018, USCIS mailed a number of biometric services appointment notices with wrong Application Support Center (ASC) locations to petitioners who filed Form...
USCIS Cautions F-1 Students About Automatic Termination of OPT If They Transfer or Begin Study at Another Educational Level
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently cautions F-1 students on Optional Practical Training (OPT) that transferring to another school or beginning study at another educational level (for example, beginning a master's program after completing a...
DHS Proposes Terminating International Entrepreneur Program
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a rule to terminate the International Entrepreneur Program, which permits certain foreign entrepreneurs to be considered for parole to develop and build start-up businesses in the United States. The regulation DHS...
DHS Adds 15,000 H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Visas
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced on May 25, 2018, that the federal government will add 15,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2018. Secretary Nielsen said she determined that there is a shortage of qualified,...
Miller Mayer Immigration Group Recognized by Chambers & Partners
Miller Mayer, LLP’s Immigration practice group and Miller Mayer immigration attorneys Stephen Yale-Loehr and Carolyn Lee were recognized by Chambers & Partners in their recently published Chambers USA 2018 guide. Chambers & Partners is the leading...
USCIS to Take Final Action on Proposed EB-5 Regulations in August
The current administration published a Spring regulatory agenda recently indicating that USCIS will take final action on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization rule in August. Part of the proposed rule published in January 2017 was an increase in the...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding DACA Case, Diversity Green Card Program, Detention of Asylum Seekers, Border Patrol Arrests
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was recently quoted in the following publications: On DACA litigation: Associated Press: Texas suit could speed DACA’s path to Supreme Court CNN: 7 states sue to end DACA, potentially jumbling its legal future...
Miller Mayer’s Kristal Ozmun and Adam Schaye Write Article on EB-5 Bridge Financing
Kristal Ozmun and Adam Schaye co-authored an article published in EB5 Investors Magazine detailing the role, current policy, and future of bridge financing in EB-5 projects. You can read the article here: A Tide Change in EB-5 Bridge Financing Policy
