Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
USCIS Implements Next Phase of Premium Processing for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Immigrant Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on September 15, 2022, that it is implementing the next phase of the premium processing expansion for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1...
Miller Mayer Receives I-526 Approval After Appealing Denial and Mandamus
Miller Mayer attorney Adam Schaye recently received an approval of an I-526 petition for an EB-5 immigrant investor that was initially denied but later reconsidered following a successful appeal. Miller Mayer filed an appeal of the denial and later filed a mandamus...
ETA Requests Comments on Proposed Revisions to Prevailing Wage Determination Application Forms
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration is requesting comments by October 11, 2022, on proposed revisions to the Application for Prevailing Wage Determination (Form ETA-9141) and Employer-Provided Survey Attestations to Accompany H-2B...
USCIS Releases FY 2023 Employment-Based Adjustment of Status FAQs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released updated fiscal year (FY) 2023 frequently asked questions on employment-based (EB) adjustment of status. The introduction to the FAQs notes that the EB annual limit for FY 2023 will be higher than was typical...
DHS Announces Extension and Re-Registration Process for Current Venezuela TPS Beneficiaries, Special Student Relief
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken several actions to provide relief for Venezuelans in the United States. TPS extended: DHS has extended the designation of Venezuela for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months, effective September 10, 2022,...
USCIS Releases Revised Forms I-589 and I-765
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is releasing revised editions of Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, and Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. Effective November 7, 2022, USCIS will only accept editions...
DHS Issues Final Rule on Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations, effective December 23, 2022, regarding determinations of whether noncitizens are inadmissible to the United States because they are likely at any time to become a public charge. Secretary of...
Visa Bulletin for October Includes Several Retrogressions, Other Updates
The Department of State's (DOS) Visa Bulletin for October 2022, the first month of the new fiscal year, includes several updates: Scheduled expiration of employment fourth preference (SR) Religious Workers category. Unless Congress extends this category, no SR visas...
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,...
