Breaking News: Supreme Court Will Hear DAPA/DACA Litigation
After a nail biting long weekend of wondering whether the Supreme Court will take on the DAPA/DACA litigation case, this morning, the wait was over. The SCOTUS announced it will[…]
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Tahmina’s Thoughts on The I-140- EAD and AC-21 Proposed Regulations
I know many of you have been anxiously waiting for the proposed regulations that were published on the Federal Register today. Since the Executive Action announcements were made in November[…]
USCIS Proposed Rule: Automatic Extension of EADs
Anyone on an EAD (you know who you are!) that needs to extend his or her EAD (employment authorization document) that it can be an anxiety filled process if the[…]
USCIS Proposed Rules: Retention of Priority Dates
The proposed rules will make a significant change in retaining priority dates in employment-based immigrant petitions. Currently, the priority date of an immigrant petition, can be retained in subsequent applications[…]
USCIS Proposed Rule: Non-Immigrant Workers get 60 days grace period!
There is a common misunderstanding of grace periods. I have many clients, especially on H1b visas, say they believe they have 30 days. When I tell them that they have[…]
New USCIS proposed rule: No more revocation of certain I-140s!
One of the most anxiety causing issues for an employment-based immigrant stuck in the green card blackhole (otherwise known as backlog) is whether his or her employer will revoke an[…]
A new year’s gift from USCIS: 140 portability rules and much more
As per President Obama’s executive action announcement of November 2015, a year later, we are presented with the much anticipated policy change rules that will likely make employment-based immigration better[…]
EB5 Extended Without Change but H1b & L1 Not So Lucky
The budget deal in Congress yesterday included some immigration provisions. Some visa programs had deadlines so needed to be addressed. The EB5 regional center (‘pilot’)Program was set to expire but[…]
No EB5 visa law changes today
While many of us are holding are breaths on what changes will happen on the EB5 provisions- nothing of significance actually happened today. Today, the House passed a short-term funding[…]
PSB reports on EB5 Visa Program
The EB5 visa program is up for renewal on Friday December 11th. While it is a controversial area of immigration law, it unequivocally has brought economic development and job creation[…]