New Associate Attorney at Watson Immigration Law
We are thrilled to introduce our associate attorney Luka Jurić. A graduate of University of Washington, he is an experienced immigration lawyer who has specific expertise in dealing with current[…]
USCIS Issues Policy Guidance Clarifying How Federal Controlled Substances Law Applies to Naturalization Determinations
USCIS announced recently the issuance of policy guidance clarifying that violations of federal controlled substances laws are generally a bar to establishing good moral character, an essential prong for naturalization[…]
Read this compelling article by Attorney Jill Scott mentioning Tahmina’s leadership of WIDEN
In the article below, Jill Scott, Associate General Counsel at the Allen Institute, shares her firsthand experience as a volunteer attorney with WIDEN’s pilot program. Jill explains the motivation[…]
White House Issues Presidential Memorandum on Combating High Nonimmigrant Overstay Rates
Today the White House issued a memo with the stated purpose of combating high nonimmigrant visa overstay rates. The memorandum gives broad authority to the Secretary of State, Attorney General,[…]
Israeli Nationals Eligible for Treaty Investor Visas
USCIS has announced that, on May 1st, certain Israeli nationals lawfully present in the United States will be eligible to change status to E-2 classification. Copied from USCIS: […]
USCIS Commemorates Second Anniversary of Buy American and Hire American Executive Order
Below is a list of policies and regulations that USCIS has enacted since Buy American and Hire American (BAHA) went into effect. Despite its seemingly benign and lofty ideals of[…]
May 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The May 2019 Visa Bulletin was just released. EB1 all countries is disappointingly still not current, and shows no signs of becoming so any time soon. However, the date for[…]
USCIS Strengthens Guidance for Spousal Petitions Involving Minors
USCIS announced on Friday additional guidance for the adjudication and evaluation of spousal petitions involving minors, in the form of a Policy Alert updating the Adjudicator’s Field Manual. These additional[…]
USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2020 and Reaches the Advanced Degree Exemption Cap
USCIS has announced that, on April 10th, they completed the random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated 85,000 H-1B visas allotted each fiscal year.[…]
USCIS Reaches FY 2020 H-1B Regular Cap
USCIS has announced that they have received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the annual 65,000 visa cap for fiscal year 2020. The past several years have seen[…]