H-1B is the most common type of temporary work visa. It provides a 6-year stay and time to work toward a green card. Recent proposed changes to the H-1B visa program have caused uncertainty and high anxiety among the immigration community. Miller Mayer immigration...
Topic: Immigration Updates
State Dept. Reports on Upcoming Employment-Based Visa Availability
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for March 2017 estimates potential movement in several categories in the coming months. The Department noted that the final action date projections indicate what is likely to happen "on a monthly basis through May or June based...
ICE Enforcement Actions Reported
According to news reports, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is conducting a series of targeted enforcement actions and has removed hundreds of people. ICE's focus reportedly includes immigrants with criminal convictions, fugitives, and those who reentered the...
USCIS Will Accept Only New Forms After February 21, 2017
New fees for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) forms took effect in December, and updated versions of those forms have been published. These new versions are updated with the new fees and have an edition date of 12/23/16. After February 21, 2017, USCIS...
Ninth Circuit Blocks Entry Ban: Recent Developments re Trump Administration’s Executive Order
Below is a summary of the rapidly developing immigration-related actions of the Trump administration, and related counteractions. The situation remained fluid as of press time: President Trump signed an executive order on January 27, 2017, "Protecting the Nation from...
Miller Mayer in the News
Miller Mayer immigration lawyer Steve Yale-Loehr was recently quoted in the following publications about President Trump’s executive orders, sanctuary cities and campuses, and other immigration issues: NPR, All Things Considered:...
New Publications and Apps to Help Navigate the Complex Immigration Changes
Airport Lawyer is a free Web app that allows community members to securely share information about nationals from countries affected by the entry ban who are arriving at airports. The arrivals information can then be securely passed along to large groups of volunteer...
Detention Remedy Chart
The final week of January 2017 saw the release of four Executive Orders immediately changing U.S. immigration policy. Implementing the orders is the responsibility of several agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection,...
UPDATE: Appellate Court Upholds Suspension of Travel Ban
On February 9, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit rejected the government’s emergency request to reinstate key sections of President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning all noncitizens from seven majority Muslim countries and all refugees. The 29-page...
H-1B Visa: Proposed Changes
The first few days of the Trump presidency have produced an extraordinary number of changes to our nation’s immigration laws. In recent days, the fate of the H-1B visa program has been added to the growing list of immigration programs that are the subject of renewed...
