Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
2021 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2021)
The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants” from countries with historically low rates...
EB-5 Regional Center Program Extended to Nov. 21
The EB-5 Regional Center Program, which was due to sunset (expire) on September 30, 2019, is now extended through November 21, 2019. On September 28, a Continuing Resolution was passed by Congress and signed by the President to not only extend the funding of the...
Miller Mayer’s Stephen Yale-Loehr Quoted in Various News Outlets
New York Times: Trump Will Deny Immigrant Visas to Those Who Can’t Pay for Health Care The Trump administration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs once they become permanent residents...
Lawsuits Seek to Block Public Charge Rule from Taking Effect
The massive public charge rule that threatens to upend the legal immigration system is scheduled to take effect on October 15th and various lawsuits filed in courts around the country seek to stop or at least delay it. Nine suits have been filed seeking to prevent the...
USCIS Indicates They Intend to Proceed with Requiring Pre-Registration for H-1B Lottery
In January 2019, USCIS announced a new process for filing for H-1B cases that involves an electronic preregistration process that will allow employers to provide more limited information than is included in a full H-1B filing and H-1B petitioners would be selected...
Trump Administration Announces Bar on Immigrants Lacking Health Insurance
President Trump has issued a proclamation blocking the admission of individuals applying for immigrant visas who are unable to demonstrate that they will be able to get health insurance within 30 days of entering the US. The order takes effect November 3rd and...
Public Charge and Applicants for Change/Extension of Nonimmigrant Status
By Dan Berger, Julia Teele, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Lisa York, David Wilks, and Sandra Bruno Beginning October 15, 2019, a new federal regulation will change the way USCIS looks at “public charge,” which is an evaluation of whether a foreign national is likely to need...
Webinar: Finding Your Path: How to Secure a US Green Card
Presented by attorneys Sandra Bruno and Xiayue (Summer) Yin, the webinar will provide an overview of options to obtain permanent residence in the United States. They will discuss various family and employment based options, recent adjudication trends and changes in...
DHS Reverses Medical Deferred Action Cancellation, Will Consider Case-by-Case
After initially sending out letters canceling noncitizen recipients' deferred action status based on medical reasons, and ordering them to leave the country, and then allowing pending applications to continue but not accepting new applications, the Department of...
Visa Bulletin Reflects Substantial Forward Movement; USCIS Instructs Employment-Based Beneficiaries to Use ‘Dates for Filing’ in October
The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2019 reflects substantial forward movement as anticipated with the beginning of the federal fiscal year on October 1, 2019. Specifically, only the EB-1 preference category as well as India and China-born...
