The EB-5 Integrity Fund fee for fiscal year 2025 is due October 1, 2024. The annual fee is $20,000 for each designated EB-5 regional center, except for those with 20 or fewer total investors in the preceding fiscal year in their new commercial enterprises, in which...
Topic: Immigration Articles
USCIS Extends Green Card Validity to 36 Months for Renewals
As of September 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is automatically extending the validity of permanent resident cards (green cards) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent...
USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2025
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on September 19, 2024, that it has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year 2025. USCIS said...
October Visa Bulletin: EB-4 Religious Workers Category Set to Expire
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for October 2024 notes that no employment-based fourth preference certain religious workers (SR) visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight September 29, 2024. Visas issued...
DOJ Secures Antidiscrimination Settlement Agreement With Parking Management Company
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 12, 2024, that it secured a settlement agreement with SP Plus Corporation (SP Plus), a transportation and parking management company based in Chicago. The agreement resolves the DOJ's determination that SP Plus...
Annual Limit Reached in EB-2 Green Card Category
On September 9, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced the issuance of all available visas in the employment-based second preference (EB-2) visa category for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The annual limit for EB-2 visas is 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Advocates for High-Skilled Immigration Reform in Recent Op-Ed
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr recently coauthored an op-ed entitled “Building Startups, Not Walls: High-Skilled Immigration Policy Changes in the US” in The Well News, highlighting the International Entrepreneur Parole program.
DOS Announces Creation of a Lightering Visa Classification
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has announced that starting September 5, 2024, the Department will begin implementing two new visa classifications for noncitizens seeking to transit the United States to join a vessel engaged in foreign trade and undertaking...
District Court Extends Stay on Keeping Families Together PIP Applications
On September 4, 2024, a Texas District Court issued an order extending the administrative stay preventing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from approving any Keeping Families Together parole-in-place (PIP) applications for an additional 14 days,...
Annual Limit Reached in Several Employment-Based Green Card Categories
On August 27, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced the issuance of all available visas in the employment-based first preference (EB-1) and fourth preference (EB-4) immigrant visa preference categories for fiscal year (FY) 2024. On August 16, 2024, DOS...
