Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was listed in Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2023 as a global thought leader for business immigration. The full listing is at...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Miller Mayer Receives EB-1A and National Interest Waiver Approvals
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Nicolai Hinrichsen recently received approvals for green card petitions in both the EB-1A Extraordinary Ability and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) categories. We successfully demonstrated that our client's work holds substantial...
ICE Reminds SEVIS Users About Updated Visa Issuance Guidance and Fee Increase
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a broadcast message to all Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) users to remind them about updated visa issuance guidance and a fee increase. The message notes that in February 2023, the...
OFLC Announces ETA 9089 Case Submission for PERM in FLAG, Requires New Application Form/Process as of June 1
On May 26, 2023, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced Form ETA 9089 case submission for PERM in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG), and related technical guidance. OFLC had previously announced a delay to the...
State Dept. Delays Effective Date of Consular Fee Rule
The Department of State (DOS) is delaying until June 17, 2023, the effective date of its rule raising consular fees for most nonimmigrant visas and special visas, published on March 28, 2023. DOS said this was to "provide for a 60-day delay in the effective date after...
‘Devastating’ Florida Law Imposes Wide-Ranging Restrictions, New Requirements for Employers
FL 1718, effective July 1, 2023, was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The legislation specifies that certain driver licenses and permits issued by other states exclusively to "unauthorized immigrants" are not valid in Florida; requires certain hospitals to...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Border Issues, New Asylum Rule
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Associated Press in "Video Prompts False Claims That Soldier Allowed Migrants to Cross Border Illegally." Steve dismissed as "ludicrous" claims that soldiers' actions that were videotaped in Eagle...
Miller Mayer Receives Employment Authorization Renewal Approval in 22 Days
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr recently received an approval of an I-765 application for renewal of employment authorization. Our client, a Liberian national in the US who was granted deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture by the...
OFLC Releases Program Statistics, Data, H-2B Labor Recruiter List
The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released public disclosure data and selected program statistics, and updated its H-2B labor recruiter list: Statistics/Data The public disclosure data and program statistics were drawn from...
USCIS Updates Review Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
On May 18, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an updated process for granting advance travel authorization for up to 30,000 noncitizen Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans each month to come to the United States to seek parole...
