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USCIS Issues Guidance on Interpreters Brought to Domestic Field Office Interviews
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new guidance on January 18, 2017, on the role and use of interpreters in domestic field office interviews, to be implemented May 1, 2017. USCIS said the policy memorandum is intended to help ensure that those...
USCIS Issues Final Rule on International Entrepreneurs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule on January 17, 2017, implementing the Secretary of Homeland Security's discretionary parole authority "to increase and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation in the United States."...
Reminder: USCIS Will Accept H-1B Petitions for FY 2018 Beginning April 1, 2017
On April 1, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2018 cap. U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in occupations that require highly specialized knowledge in...
Trump Era Begins with Tumultuous First Week, Entry Ban
President Donald Trump's tumultuous first week included a series of executive orders on immigration, refugees, and other issues. Among them was a temporary and immediate entry ban on people traveling to the United States from certain countries that resulted in...
U.S. Travel Ban Memo
On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the U.S.” Several federal district courts ordered temporary halts to detention or removal from the U.S. of foreign nationals under the order...
The New York City Regional Center (NYCRC) Awarded $45 Million in New Market Tax Credits
Miller Mayer is proud to announce that our long-standing client, the New York City Regional Center (NYCRC) has been awarded $45 million in New Market Tax Credits in recognition for its work in providing capital to underserved areas of New York City. NYCRC is the...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr and Kristal Ozmun Write Article on Alternative Options to the H-1B Lottery; Yale-Loehr Quoted Regarding Border Wall, DACA, H-1B Visas
Miller Mayer immigration attorneys Steve Yale-Loehr and Kristal Ozmun wrote an article titled “Visa Options for Employees Who Lose the H-1B Lottery,” published on the Best Lawyers website on January 11, 2017. The article discusses the popularity of the H-1B visa...
DHS Proposes Changes to EB-5 Program, Regional Center Program
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a notice of proposed rulemaking on the general EB-5 program in the Federal Register on January 13, 2017, and an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the EB-5 regional center program on January 11, 2017. Also,...
USCIS Releases New Policy Guidance on Physicians of National or International Renown
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new policy memorandum on January 4, 2017, that designates as precedent Matter of T-O-S-U-, a 2015 decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO). The decision explains that physicians of national or...
Reading the Tea Leaves: Requests By Trump Transition Team, Website Policy Statement, Cabinet Nominees Offer Hints on Immigration Policy Changes
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has requested various documents and information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that, along with a statement of policies on his website and statements made by his Cabinet nominees, may provide hints of what...
