Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on EB-5
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Citizenship for Sale: Oversight of the EB-5 Investor Visa Program,” on June 19, 2018. USCIS Director Cissna is expected to testify at the event. Tune in for a live video of the hearing...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding DACA, Immigration Sanctuaries, Immigration Enforcement, the Diversity Immigrant Program, and Work Permits for H-4 Spouses
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted in the following publications: On the cancellation of the work permit program for H-4 spouses: Huffington Post: These Indian Women's Lives Are Frozen by American Immigration Laws Mr. Yale-Loehr noted...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Speaks at Cornell on Immigration Law and Policy Changes
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr and his Cornell colleague, Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, will give a talk entitled “Immigration Law and Policy: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, and What Might in the Trump Administration” this Friday, June 8, from 10:30 am until...
Miller Mayer’s Dave Wilks Wins Immigration Mentorship Award
The Upstate NY American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) recently awarded Miller Mayer immigration attorney Dave Wilks the 2018 Mark Kenmore Award. The award recognizes members who are willing to share his or her breadth of professional knowledge; helps mentees...
Four Miller Mayer Immigration Attorneys to Speak at Annual Immigration Lawyers Conference
Four Miller Mayer immigration attorneys will speak at the American Immigration Lawyers Association's annual conference in San Francisco, California, June 13-16, 2018: Hilary Fraser: Building a Profitable Practice Carolyn Lee: The Current State of the EB-5 Program...
USCIS Recalls Misprinted Green Cards for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
On May 14, 2018, USCIS began recalling approximately 8,500 permanent resident cards ("green cards") due to a production error. The green cards were for approved Forms I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions of Residence, for spouses of U.S. citizens. The cards were...
Guidance Revised on EB-5 Immigrant Investor Cases Involving Tenant Occupancy; Adjustment of Status Interview Guidelines/Waiver Criteria
USCIS announced on May 16, 2018, that it is revising guidance on immigrant investor (EB-5) cases involving tenant occupancy. Previously, the USCIS Policy Manual allowed for tenant-occupancy methodologies used by some petitioners to show that their capital created, or...
USCIS Corrects Biometric Services Appointment Notices with Wrong Application Support Center Locations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated on May 23, 2018, that due to a processing error on May 4, 2018, USCIS mailed a number of biometric services appointment notices with wrong Application Support Center (ASC) locations to petitioners who filed Form...
USCIS Cautions F-1 Students About Automatic Termination of OPT If They Transfer or Begin Study at Another Educational Level
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently cautions F-1 students on Optional Practical Training (OPT) that transferring to another school or beginning study at another educational level (for example, beginning a master's program after completing a...
DHS Proposes Terminating International Entrepreneur Program
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a rule to terminate the International Entrepreneur Program, which permits certain foreign entrepreneurs to be considered for parole to develop and build start-up businesses in the United States. The regulation DHS...
