Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
USCIS Announces ‘Important’ H-2B Supplemental Cap Petition Filing Updates Before Publication of Temporary Final Rule
On December 8, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced "important" filing updates for petitioners who will be requesting additional H-2B workers for fiscal year 2023 under the upcoming temporary final rule. USCIS said it was announcing these...
Miller Mayer Receives Green Card Petition Approval for Spouse of Permanent Resident
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Sandra Bruno recently received an approval of an I-130 green card petition in the F2A visa preference category for the Australian spouse of a lawful permanent resident, also from Australia. This approval was received without a request...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Immigration Lawsuits, STEM Issues
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Dallas Morning News in "Texas AG Ken Paxton's Lawsuits Stymie Biden Agenda on Immigration and Healthcare." He said, "For the time being, it seems like Paxton is as important as the [federal...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr to Moderate Webinar on Immigration Reform in 2023
eCornell will host a free webinar on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 1-2 pm ET about the chances for immigration reform legislation in 2023. Can lessons learned during the last round of reform be applied to future debates? Charles Kamasaki, author of "Immigration...
Miller Mayer Receives Green Card Petition Approval In Under One Week Without RFE
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Sandra Bruno recently received an immigrant visa petition approval in the EB-2 green card category for a financial analyst from Germany. After our strong filing, this petition was approved in under 1 week without a request for...
CBP Announces New U.S. Bridge Visa Foil
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on November 21, 2022, that it has begun issuing a new visa foil with an image of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The foil has been redesigned to replace the Lincoln visa foil. As each consular post depletes its Lincoln...
House Scheduled to Vote This Week on Bill to Phase Out Per-Country Caps
According to reports, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022 (H.R. 3648), a bill that would phase out per-country limits on employment-based...
Under Court Order, DOL to Propose Rescission of H-2B Registration Requirements and Provide Unique H-2B Temporary Registration Numbers
In response to a federal court order in Padilla Construction Company v. Walsh, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) plans to rescind H-2B registration requirements and propose conforming edits throughout its H-2B regulations. In...
Miller Mayer Receives O-1 Visa Approval in Under 2 Weeks without RFE
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Kristal Ozmun recently received approval of an O-1 petition renewal for an executive of extraordinary ability less than 2 weeks after filing. Miller Mayer successfully demonstrated to USCIS that our client, an executive in the field...
USCIS Accepting Only 8/19/22 Edition of N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions
As of November 21, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is accepting only the 8/19/22 edition of Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions. USCIS revised the form and removed several questions, including dates of diagnosis and when...
