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DHS, DOL Issue Joint Rule Increasing H-2B Visa Cap
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2021 "to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm...
Unleashing international entrepreneurs to help the U.S. economy recover from the pandemic
by Dan Berger, Steve Yale-Loehr, Doug Rand, Leon Rodriguez, Lindsay Milliken, Kelli Duehning, Megan Kludt, Jeff Goldman, and Michael Serotte In 2014, then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Jeh Johnson issued a memo (The 2014 memo) recommending...
Miller Mayer Attorneys Recognized by EB5 Investors Magazine
Miller Mayer attorneys Nicolai Hinrichsen and Stephen Yale-Loehr were recently recognized by EB5 Investors Magazine in their 2021 Top 25 issue. Nicolai Hinrichsen, a partner in Miller Mayer’s Immigration practice group, was listed among the Top 25 Immigration...
Miller Mayer Obtains National Interest Waiver Green Card for Wildlife Pathologist
Employment-based immigrant visas can be a long and complex process, especially when there is a job offer and a labor certification requirement. However, one immigrant visa option, the national interest waiver, does not require either a job offer or a labor...
Afghan Translators/Interpreters Who Helped United States Seek Visas Promised to Them
An estimated 18,000 Afghan translators/interpreters and their families who have aided the U.S. military and government with translation services await pending Special Immigrant Visas. With the September 2021 deadline looming for the United States to withdraw American...
CBP Announces Policy Change on National Interest Exceptions at Port of Atlanta
Due to a "recent necessary policy change," effective May 14, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of Atlanta will only consider processing § 212(f) national interest exception (NIE) waiver requests for "urgent humanitarian reasons or those...
DOL Further Delays Effective Date of Prevailing Wage Computation Final Rule
The Department of Labor has delayed a final rule on prevailing wage computations from May 14, 2021, until November 14, 2022. The latest action includes corresponding delays in the rule's transition dates until January 1, 2023, January 1, 2024, January 1, 2025, and...
USCIS Allows Rescheduling of Biometric Appointments by Phone
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on May 11, 2021, that applicants, petitioners, requestors, and beneficiaries may now call the USCIS Contact Center (800-375-5283) to reschedule their biometric services appointments scheduled at a USCIS...
USCIS Temporarily Suspends Biometrics Requirement for Certain Nonimmigrants Changing or Extending Status
Effective this week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is temporarily suspending the biometrics submission requirement for certain applicants filing Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, requesting an extension of stay in or...
DHS Announces Continuation of International Entrepreneur Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on May 10, 2021, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is withdrawing a 2018 proposed rule that would have removed the International Entrepreneur parole program from DHS regulations. USCIS said the...
