USCIS Issues O-1A and NIW Updates Following January 2022 Policy Guidance
Quick Takeaways NIW submissions have almost tripled since 2022 with approval rates dropping 10% O-1A submissions...
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms DHS Authority to Grant H-4 EADs
On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the...
USCIS Announces Second H-1B Lottery Drawing for Regular Cap
On July 30, 2024, USCIS announced that it would conduct a second randomized selection in the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap...
Bolstering STEM Talent with the National Interest Waiver: How a 2022 update streamlines the green card process
Updates to the National Interest Waiver process For decades, it has not been clear how immigrant experts with advanced...
Pennsylvania Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition History
PA Mock Trial has been a big part of Jonathan Grode's life since 2007 when he was still in law school. Celebrating its...
Jonathan Grode Honored as a Top Pennsylvania Attorney in 2024 by Super Lawyers
For the fourth consecutive year, Super Lawyers Magazine has named Green and Spiegel’s U.S. Practice Director and...
Department of State Update – Encouraging Trends Worldwide While Canada and Mexico Lag Behind
Quick Takeaways U.S. Consulates abroad issued record numbers of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas over the first half...
USCIS Announces Changes to the H-1B Program for 2024
Quick Takeaways This year’s H-1B Registration Period will open at 12PM EST on March 6, 2024 and close at 12PM EST on...
USCIS Increasing Fees as of April 1, 2024
Quick Takeaways Effective Date: All fee adjustments, excluding previously-announced updates to Premium Processing,...
Potentially New Schedule A Shortage Occupation Designations
DOL Completing Research on Whether to Modernize Schedule A to Include Additional STEM and Non-STEM Occupations in...
Green and Spiegel Opens New Orlando Office in Partnership with Maiorova Law, LLC
International Immigration Law Firm Green and Spiegel, U.S. has just added an office location in Florida. PHILADELPHIA,...
USCIS Announces Premium Processing Increases in 2024
Quick Takeaways 12.3% Increase will take effect February 26, 2024, and in response to inflation between June 2021 and...