Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
USCIS Accepts FY 2018 H-1B Petitions Starting April 3
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap on April 3, 2017. All cap-subject H-1B petitions received before April 3, 2017, for the FY 2018 cap will be rejected. Congress set a cap of 65,000 H-1B...
Steve Yale-Loehr and David Wilks speak at RIT – VIDEO
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Visas After Graduation Presentation
Miller Mayer has prepared a presentation titled "Visas After Graduation" to help international students navigate options for working in the US and/or becoming a citizen after graduating. 2017 Visas After Graduation Presentation (rev 3.27.17)
Miller Mayer Around the World
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President Trump Signs Revised Immigration ‘Travel Ban’ Executive Order; Hawaii and Maryland Federal Courts Block Ban Temporarily
President Donald Trump signed a new immigration "travel ban" executive order on March 6, 2017, effective March 16. The new order, which has been temporarily blocked, revokes a previous executive order signed on January 27, 2017, and reduces to six, from the previous...
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...
