The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) alerted employers and other interested stakeholders that the legacy Permanent (PERM) Online System, which provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final...
Topic: Immigration Updates
USCIS Provides Fact Sheet on STEM Petition Trends in EB-2 and O-1A Categories
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided a fact sheet on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) petition trends in the EB-2 and O-1A categories in fiscal years 2018 to 2023. The fact sheet highlights data trends in these...
Parole Process Paused for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has temporarily paused the issuance of advance travel authorizations (ATAs) for new Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan beneficiaries while it reviews the supporter application process. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
E-Verify Employers Should Not Create a Case for Re-Paroled Ukrainian Employees, USCIS Says; Additional Guidance Released
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update to its policy on Ukrainian employees with parole, stating that E-Verify employers should not create a case in E-Verify for re-paroled employees unless they are newly hired. USCIS had announced...
DOS Releases FY 2025 Diversity Visa Results
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for September includes results from the diversity visa (DV) lottery for fiscal year (FY) 2025 (October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025). The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, has registered and notified the...
DC Circuit Court Upholds H-4 Spousal Work Authorization
On August 2, 2024, a D.C. Circuit Court ruling in Save Jobs USA v. DHS upheld the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to grant work authorization to H-4 spouses of certain H-1B workers. Save Jobs USA had challenged DHS's authority to issue a rule...
USCIS Completes Second Random Selection for Regular Cap From Previously Submitted FY 2025 H-1B Cap Registrations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 5, 2024, that it has completed its second random selection to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B regular cap numerical allocation. As background, following its initial selections in March 2024,...
Visa Bulletin Reports on Availability of Employment-Based Visas in September
The Department of State's Visa Office has released the Visa Bulletin for September 2024. The bulletin notes that: There has been a steady increase in demand for employment-based visas. As a result, most employment-based preference category limits for fiscal year (FY)...
Stephen Yale-Loehr Comments on Harris’s Efforts to Address Central American Migration
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Boston Globe in 'Czar' or Not, Harris Bungled Immigration. He said that "it's difficult to figure out what can be accomplished in a short period of time. I think she started the groundwork" to address the root causes...
Symposium Celebrating Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr’s Career in Immigration Law
The Cornell International Law Journal will host "The (Im)possibility of Immigration Reform?," a symposium celebrating the career of Stephen Yale-Loehr and his contributions to the field of immigration law. The symposium will be held at Cornell Law School on November...
