Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Tip Sheet: Stephen Yale-Loehr on Hawaii Federal Court’s Strike Down of Trump’s Travel Ban 2.0
Cornell University Law School professor Stephen Yale-Loehr, co-author of a 21-volume immigration law treatise, offers his opinion on a Hawaii court’s decision today temporarily halting President Trump’s revised immigration travel ban: Hawaii Federal Court Strikes Down...
New Publications and Items of Interest
An updated E-Verify handbook for employers is now available. The handbook gives employers detailed guidance for completing the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and reflects revisions to the latest I-9 edition dated 11/14/2016. The latest handbook is at...
Miller Mayer Upcoming Talks
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will speak on a free LexisNexis webinar titled The Impact of President Trump's Immigration Executive Orders on Employers and Employees on Thursday March 16 from 2-3:35 pm Eastern time. The vital, complex and...
Miller Mayer in the News
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted on the front page of the New York Times on March 5, 2017, and his quote was noted as the quote of the day: "People who have been ordered deported and who are still here are the low-hanging fruit....
USCIS Updates Report of Medical Exam and Vaccination Record
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that beginning April 28, 2017, civil surgeons must use the 02/07/17 edition of Form I-693 (which shows an expiration date of 02/28/2019 at the top right corner of page 1). USCIS will not accept any...
Have You Been Using E-Verify for More Than 10 Years? If So, Download Your Older Reports Now
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently reminded employers that the agency must dispose of transaction records that are more than 10 years old in April 2017. Employers that have been using E-Verify for more than 10 years can download, through March...
USCIS To Suspend Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions Starting April 3
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that starting April 3, 2017, the agency will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions. The suspension may last up to 6 months. While H-1B premium processing is suspended, petitioners will...
President Trump Signs Revised ‘Travel Ban’ Executive Order; States Sue
President Donald Trump signed a new "travel ban" executive order on March 6, 2017, that takes effect March 16. Among other things, the new order revokes a previous order signed on January 27, 2017, and reduces to six, from the previous seven, countries whose nationals...
PERM Process Timeline
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American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Statement Submitted for House Hearing on EB-5 Regulations
AILA submitted comments to the House Judiciary Committee in connection with the hearing held yesterday, March 8, 2017, on EB-5 regulations. You can read the full statement here: AILA Statement for House EB-5 Hearing. Miller Mayer Partner Carolyn Lee serves as Vice...
