Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban to Proceed; State Dept. Issues Guidance
On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's motions for emergency stays of preliminary injunctions issued by U.S. District Courts in Hawaii and Maryland. The preliminary injunctions had prohibited the government from fully enforcing...
USCIS Is Accepting Applications Under International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) But Plans Proposed Rule to Eliminate IER
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 14, 2017, that it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) in accordance with a recent court decision. USCIS noted that while the agency implements the IER, the...
New EB-5 Backlog Option: Entrepreneur Parole
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EB-5 Site Visits: Coming to a JCE Near You
The latest issue of IIUSA’s Regional Center Journal is out now! In it you can read Carolyn Lee’s article “EB-5 Site Visits: Coming to a JCE Near You”, outlining the steps you can take to prepare for a USCIS inspection at the job-creating entity site for an EB-5...
Straight Talk on Redeployment
This article was originally published by EB5 Investors.com here. By Carolyn S. Lee Scenario: The EB-5 loan has a 5 year maturity and the note is due. The project has been successful and is completed. All the jobs have been created, sufficient for all the EB-5...
Supreme Court Allows Implementation of Immigration Travel Ban 3.0: What This Means*
Supreme Court Allows Implementation of Immigration Travel Ban 3.0: What This Means* What happened at the Supreme Court yesterday? In late September, President Trump issued his third attempt at imposing travel restrictions on people from certain countries. We call...
Travel Ban Fact Sheet and FAQ
This factsheet was published on the White House website here. Background Every year, the United States grants lawful permanent resident status to approximately 1.1 million individuals from all across the world. In FY 2016, the United States issued approximately 10.4...
New Publications and Items of Interest for Early December
Advisories and tips: Community Advisory: Social Media, Criminalization, and Immigration has been published by the National Lawyers Guild's National Immigration Project. This advisory summarizes ways in which immigration agents may use social media against those in...
Miller Mayer’s Dave Wilks and Nate Cook to Give Immigration/Corporate Talk at Cornell Tech
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Dave Wilks and corporate attorney Nate Cook will give a talk on immigration and corporate options for international students and entrepreneurs at the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, New York City, on December 7 at 4:30 pm....
Miller Mayer’s Carolyn Lee and Kristal Ozmun to Speak at the 2017 AILA EB-5 Investors Summit in Las Vegas
Miller Mayer immigration attorneys Carolyn Lee and Kristal Ozmun will speak at the 2017 AILA EB-5 Investors Summit, to be held at the Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, on December 8-9. Ms. Lee will speak on the panel entitled “Hot Topics: Legislative and Agency...
