DHS Announces Uniting for Ukraine Guidance
On April 25, 2022, the Biden Administration implemented a new program, Uniting for Ukraine, offering humanitarian...
H1B Fraud Case on the West Coast Is a Warning for All
The H1B Specialty Occupation visa classification has been among the most heavily used for many years. Qualified...
DHS Designates Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status
On Friday April 15, Secretary Mayorkas in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security announced that Cameroon...
USCIS Confirms Receipt of Nearly 500,000 H-1B Cap Registrations for Fiscal Year 2023
Quick Takeaways Almost 60% increase in Registrations received in March 2021 Selection rate approximately 26%...
Loosening of Restrictions for E-3 Visa Holders on the Horizon
Quick Takeaways Australian Citizens to be permitted to travel using valid E-3 Visa and Form I-797 Approval Notices,...
USCIS Modernization Efforts Move DACA Renewals Online
USCIS announced that current DACA recipients may now file online for renewal of their Form I-821D, Consideration of...
USCIS Policy to Limit Interviews for Conditional Permanent Residents
USCIS announced that USCIS officers are now instructed to waive interviews for Conditional Permanent Residents (CPRs)...
USCIS Is Disposing of E-Verify Records More than 10 Years Old
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the custodian of most immigration records. Among these are...
USCIS’ Revocation of Foreign National’s Case Subject to Review
Green and Spiegel Attorneys, Stephen Antwine and Brian Halliday, earned a significant litigation victory in the...
USCIS Can’t Duck ‘Embarrassing’ Revoked Green Card Suit
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services can't sweep aside a Russian worker's "embarrassing" allegations of illegally...
Cap Relief has Arrived for the H-2B Program
The Departments of Homeland Security and Labor announced yesterday, March 31, 2022, that they would make an additional...
NEXUS & FAST Enrollment Centers to Reopen in U.S. on April 19
On March 31, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced the long-awaited reopening of U.S. NEXUS and U.S./Canada FAST Enrollment Centers in the United States. As of April 5, 2022, qualified new applicants for NEXUS – available for pre-screened Canadian Citizens entering the United States – and FAST – designed for truckers traveling between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada – may schedule an interview in the United States. And so long as they are otherwise eligible to enter the United States, they could appear at a reopened Enrollment Center as soon as April 19, 2022. Learn more in this blog.