Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
USCIS Seeks Comments on EB-5 Regional Center Forms for Investors
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks comments until January 23, 2023, on two forms associated with the EB-5 Regional Center (RC) program. USCIS explained that on March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022,...
USCIS Provides List of Options for Nonimmigrant Workers Following Termination of Employment
On December 19, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided a compilation of options that may be available to nonimmigrant workers seeking to remain in the United States in a period of authorized stay following termination of employment. The...
E-Verify Restores Employers’ Ability to Upload Multiple Hiring Sites Simultaneously
E-Verify has restored the ability of employers, employer agents, and corporate administrators to upload multiple hiring sites simultaneously. E-Verify said this feature increases efficiency for companies with multiple hiring sites by providing an alternative to manual...
DHS Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Final Rule Effective December 23
On December 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule went into effect. The previously announced final rule "provides clarity and consistency for noncitizens on how DHS will administer the public charge...
Chief Justice Roberts Issues Temporary Stay of ‘Title 42’; Thousands Wait in Mexico
Chief Justice Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary stay of Title 42 on December 19, 2022, to allow the Supreme Court time to consider the issue. Justice Roberts' order came after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an update on December...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Investigates Immigrants’ Eligibility for Public Benefits
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-led a Cornell University project researching the extent to which immigrants know about their eligibility for public benefits. Through interviews with asylum applicants currently in the United States and healthcare...
Miller Mayer Receives Approval of I-526 EB-5 Petition for a Client from Hong Kong
Miller Mayer EB-5 immigration attorney Nicolai Hinrichsen recently received approval for an I-526 petition for an investor client from Hong Kong. This I-526 approval comes after an approved expedite request, and a successful response to a request for additional...
USCIS Announces Trial for Naturalization Test Updates
The Department of Homeland Security announced that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to conduct a trial for updates to the current naturalization test. The trial is tentatively scheduled for a five-month period in 2023. The purpose of the...
Guangzhou Immigrant Visa Unit Closes Until Further Notice; Limited Services Announced at Other U.S. Embassies and Consulates in China
The Immigrant Visa Unit of the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou, China, announced that beginning December 19, 2022, it will be closed for regular visa services until further notice due to limited resources. The unit will notify the public once it is able to resume normal...
OFLC Publishes New 2023 H-2A Hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Non-Range Occupations and for Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range
In two notices, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced the new Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) under the H-2A program for (1) agricultural labor or services other than the herding or production of livestock on the range, and...
