U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 16, 2017, that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for fiscal year 2017. March 13, 2017, was the final receipt date for new H-2B worker...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Judge Extends Second Travel Ban Block, Trump Administration Appeals
On March 29, 2017, Judge Derrick K. Watson, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, ordered that the temporary restraining order against sections 2 and 6 of President Trump's second executive order issuing a travel ban, "Protecting the Nation from...
State Dept. Cable Calls for U.S. Embassies To Increase Scrutiny of Certain Visa Applicants
Reuters recently published a March 17, 2017, cable marked "sensitive" from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on screening and vetting of visa applicants. The cable orders U.S. embassies to identify "applicant populations warranting increased scrutiny" and toughen their...
USCIS Accepts FY 2018 H-1B Petitions Starting April 3
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap on April 3, 2017. All cap-subject H-1B petitions received before April 3, 2017, for the FY 2018 cap will be rejected. Congress set a cap of 65,000 H-1B...
Steve Yale-Loehr and David Wilks speak at RIT – VIDEO
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Visas After Graduation Presentation
Miller Mayer has prepared a presentation titled "Visas After Graduation" to help international students navigate options for working in the US and/or becoming a citizen after graduating. 2017 Visas After Graduation Presentation (rev 3.27.17)
Miller Mayer Around the World
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President Trump Signs Revised Immigration ‘Travel Ban’ Executive Order; Hawaii and Maryland Federal Courts Block Ban Temporarily
President Donald Trump signed a new immigration "travel ban" executive order on March 6, 2017, effective March 16. The new order, which has been temporarily blocked, revokes a previous executive order signed on January 27, 2017, and reduces to six, from the previous...
Tip Sheet: Stephen Yale-Loehr on Hawaii Federal Court’s Strike Down of Trump’s Travel Ban 2.0
Cornell University Law School professor Stephen Yale-Loehr, co-author of a 21-volume immigration law treatise, offers his opinion on a Hawaii court’s decision today temporarily halting President Trump’s revised immigration travel ban: Hawaii Federal Court Strikes Down...
New Publications and Items of Interest
An updated E-Verify handbook for employers is now available. The handbook gives employers detailed guidance for completing the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and reflects revisions to the latest I-9 edition dated 11/14/2016. The latest handbook is at...
