On September 19, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received a proposed rule from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to amend regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation workers and F-1 students who are beneficiaries of timely filed H-1B...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Electronic Signatures Now Acceptable for STEM OPT Students
Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently updated Form I-983 (Training Plan for STEM OPT students) to remove the requirement for wet signatures. According to the ICE bulletin released about this form change,...
CIS Ombudsman Provides Tip Sheet on How F-1 Students Can Avoid Form I-765 Delays
On September 18, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman’s Office released a tip sheet for F-1 international students on how to avoid delays with adjudications on Form I-765, Applications for Employment Authorization. The tip sheet...
Proposed DHS Rule Seeks to Modernize H-2 Program
On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to strengthen protections for temporary workers under the H-2A temporary agricultural and H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker programs. The proposed rule is intended to...
USCIS Issues Update on DACA Decision
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update about the partial stay of the recent Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) decision by a Texas federal judge. On September 13, 2023, District Court Judge Andrew Hanen declared the Biden...
Potential Government Shutdown’s Impact on Immigration Agencies
There has been much speculation in the news that the federal government may shut down starting October 1, 2023, if Democrats and Republicans in Congress fail to pass an annual spending bill or a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the federal government. When...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Migrant Surge, Asylum, DACA
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was recently quoted in the New York Times and the New York Daily News about Gov. Hochul’s idea to issue state work permits to recent migrants. Read the articles by clicking the links below. New York Considers State...
Certain TPS Beneficiaries Are Now Eligible for 540-day Extension of Work Authorization
On September 8, 2023, USCIS announced that individuals who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) (or a pending application) are now eligible to extend their Employment Authorization Document (EAD) for up to 540 days past their EAD card expiration date. For I-9...
House Democrats Ask Biden to Help Immigrants and Asylum-Seekers through Executive Action
On September 10, 2023, over 100 House Democrats, led by Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), wrote President Biden and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking for executive action to support immigrants and...
Judge Hanen Rejects Revised Version of DACA
On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen declared the Biden Administration’s revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal. While expressing sympathy for DACA, Judge Hanen agreed with Texas and...
