Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
National Visa Center Public Inquiry Telephone Line Suspended
The State Department’s National Visa Center (NVC) has suspended its public inquiry telephone line. The suspension "will not impede any essential functions of NVC," the Department of State said. The announcement includes tips for interacting with NVC. Related Links:...
USCIS Launches Work Permit Extension Calculator
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched an EAD Automatic Extension Calculator. The calculator will "calculate the new EAD expiration date for eligible employees" affected by an automatic extension for certain renewal applicants from up to 180 days to up...
DOL Issues Guidance on Employment of H-2B Workers in Unapproved Job Classifications
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released a bulletin to the field regarding employment of H-2B workers in unapproved job classifications (i.e., a job classification not listed on the Application for Temporary Employment Certification (TEC), Form...
DOL Clarifies Method of Contacting AFL-CIO Required Under Rule Increasing Number of H-2B Visas Available in Second Half of FY 2022
A temporary final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) on May 18, 2022, included additional recruitment requirements for certain employers. One such requirement is that where the occupation or industry is traditionally or customarily unionized, "the employer...
USCIS to Implement Premium Processing for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. This expansion of premium processing...
Investors Sue DHS to Stop EB-5 Regional Center Decertifications
A group of investment and capital firms filed a lawsuit on May 24, 2022, against the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decertified existing EB-5 regional centers, it violated the Administrative...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Supreme Court Immigration Decision
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Univision in "Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Immigrants with Errors in Their Paperwork on the Brink of Deportation." Steve said that the Supreme Court's decision "means that thousands of immigrants each...
Miller Mayer Receives National Interest Waiver Green Card Approval for Physician from India
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Kristal Ozmun recently received an immigrant visa petition approval and national interest waiver (NIW) in the EB-2 green card category for a physician from India. This petition’s strong initial filing was approved in less than a year...
USCIS Summarizes Backlog Reduction Efforts
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services held a virtual public engagement on May 18, 2022, with nearly 2,000 stakeholders nationwide on the agency's efforts to reduce backlogs and improve processing times. USCIS updated participants on the agency's recently announced...
Federal Judge Blocks Effort to End Title 42 Policy at U.S.-Mexico Border
Shortly before the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was set to terminate its Trump-era COVID-19 pandemic restriction at the U.S.-Mexico border, known as "Title 42," a federal judge in Louisiana blocked its termination temporarily with a nationwide preliminary...
