Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
USCIS Announces Registration Period, Instructions, and Updates for FY 2025 H-1B Cap Season
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap season will open at noon ET on March 6, 2024, and run through noon ET on March 22, 2024. During that period, prospective petitioners...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr to Moderate Immigration Webinar
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will moderate a webinar entitled “Immigration Slavery in America: A True Story of Forced Labor and Liberation,” to be held Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET. Steve will moderate a discussion with author Saket...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Migrant Surge, Supreme Court Case, Parole
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the New York Times in Lawyer and Son Ensnared Hundreds of Immigrants in Fraud Scheme (available by subscription). The article discusses a case in which, according to prosecutors, a lawyer and his son...
USCIS Announces New Process for Paying for Certain Benefit Requests by Mail or Remotely
On January 26, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new process for most applicants, petitioners, requestors, and their attorneys and accredited representatives to pay for certain benefit request forms by mail or remotely instead of in...
DHS Extends and Redesignates Syria for TPS, Announces Student Relief
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending and redesignating Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). DHS also announced Special Student Relief for F-1 nonimmigrant students from Syria. DHS said this will enable eligible students to request employment...
DHS Announces ‘Streamlined and Expedited’ Deferred Action Process for Noncitizen Workers Who Are Victims of, or Witness, Violations of Labor Rights
On January 13, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that noncitizen workers who are victims of, or witnesses to, violations of labor rights can now access a "streamlined and expedited deferred action request process." DHS explained that deferred...
USCIS May Excuse Untimely Filed Extension of Stay and Change of Status Requests Under ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’
On January 24, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy guidance to provide that USCIS, "in our discretion and under certain conditions, may excuse a nonimmigrant's failure to timely file an extension of stay or change of status...
USCIS Releases Additional Details About Organizational Accounts
During a public engagement session, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unveiled additional details about its launch of organizational accounts in February 2024, in time for non-cap filings and the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap season. USCIS noted: A company...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Border Crisis
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by PolitiFact in “Ask PolitiFact: What Branch of Government is 'Really' Responsible for the Crisis at the Border?” Steve said, "Each of the three branches of government has a role to play in immigration law...
U.S., Mexican Officials Meet in Washington, DC, to Continue Migration Talks
Top officials from the United States and Mexico met in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2024, to continue their discussion and cooperation on efforts to reduce the flow of migrants heading to the United States from Mexico, which has fallen since the start of 2024, due...
