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Labor Dept. Requests Comments on Attestation for Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval an Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) for attestations for employers seeking to employ H-2B nonimmigrant...
Filing Location and Documentation Requirements Changed for Certain Affirmative Asylum Applications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has changed the filing location and documentation requirements for certain affirmative asylum applications, and will soon release an updated Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal. New Filing...
OFLC Solicits Input for Annual Determination of Labor Supply States
The 2022 H-2A Final Rule, effective November 14, 2022, implemented a new process for the Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Administrator's determination of labor supply states (i.e., additional states in which an employer's job order...
State Dept. Updates Diversity Visa 2024 Guidance on Document Submission
The Department of State (DOS) announced on May 30, 2023, that for the Diversity Visa (DV) program for fiscal year 2024 (DV-2024) and onward, selectees only need initially to submit to the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) the DS-260 immigrant visa application form for...
Boycott Florida? Truckers Protest New Law
According to reports, some Latino truckers are threatening to boycott Florida over its passage of a new law. FL 1718, effective July 1, 2023, imposes new penalties and restrictions on undocumented persons and their employers. Among other things, it imposes new...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Border Crossings, Migrant Influx
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the Washington Post in "Tim Scott Hypes 'Terrorist Watch List' Border Crossings." Commenting on remarks by Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott that "hundreds of people" have been crossing the...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Honored as Immigration Thought Leader
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was listed in Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2023 as a global thought leader for business immigration. The full listing is at...
Miller Mayer Receives EB-1A and National Interest Waiver Approvals
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Nicolai Hinrichsen recently received approvals for green card petitions in both the EB-1A Extraordinary Ability and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) categories. We successfully demonstrated that our client's work holds substantial...
ICE Reminds SEVIS Users About Updated Visa Issuance Guidance and Fee Increase
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a broadcast message to all Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) users to remind them about updated visa issuance guidance and a fee increase. The message notes that in February 2023, the...
OFLC Announces ETA 9089 Case Submission for PERM in FLAG, Requires New Application Form/Process as of June 1
On May 26, 2023, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced Form ETA 9089 case submission for PERM in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG), and related technical guidance. OFLC had previously announced a delay to the...
