Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Writes Op-ed and Interviewed re U.S. Immigration System
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr co-authored an op-ed, published by Slate, called "Joe Biden's New DACA Rule Does Not Go Nearly Far Enough." Read the article here. Steve was also interviewed on WRFI public radio about ways to fix the United States'...
OFLC Receives Labor Dept. Award to Modernize Permanent Labor Certification Program
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that it was awarded an investment from the DOL's Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). The $7.2 million TMF investment "will improve DOL's permanent labor certification services,...
USCIS Resumes Cuban Parole Program Operations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is resuming operations under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program, beginning with pending CFRP program applications. The CFRP program, established in 2007, allows certain eligible U.S. citizens and...
USCIS Updates Guidance on Religious Workers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued policy guidance to reorganize and expand on existing guidance related to special immigrant and nonimmigrant religious workers. For both special immigrant and R-1 nonimmigrant religious worker petitions, the...
DHS Implements, Expands Work Authorization for Liberian DED
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to provide employment authorization for certain individuals covered by Liberian Deferred Enforced Departure (DED). Through a notice to be published in the Federal Register on September 6, 2022, DHS is providing work...
USCIS Announces Push to Use as Many Employment-Based Green Cards as Possible by September 30
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the overall employment-based annual limit for immigrant visas in fiscal year (FY) 2022 is approximately twice as high as usual, primarily due to consular closures abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Miller Mayer Receives Immigrant Visa Approval for Physician Without RFE
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Sandra Bruno recently received an immigrant visa petition approval in the EB-2 green card category for a physician from Pakistan. After our strong filing, this petition was approved in under 4 months without request for evidence from...
Labor Dept. Reports FLAG System Issues
The Department of Labor announced on August 24, 2022, that the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system "continues to experience intermittent issues when creating certain application forms, appendices, or other decision documents through Adobe PDF." DOL...
E-Verify Reports System Outages During Case Creation
E-Verify reported that it is experiencing intermittent system outages. As a result, "users may experience system timeouts and increased processing times when creating and submitting cases," E-Verify said, adding that it is working to resolve the issue. Employers must...
DV-2023 Selectees Only Need to Submit Application Form to Kentucky Consular Center, Not Supporting Docs, DOS Says
The Department of State (DOS) announced on August 25, 2022, that for the Diversity Visa (DV) program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023), selectees only need to submit to the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) the DS-260 immigrant visa application form for themselves and any...
