February 12, 2018, Washington, D.C. The Texas Service Center (TSC) of USCIS will begin processing certain Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker petitions for L nonimmigrant classification, also known as L visas. The TSC will share this workload with the California Service Center to balance workloads and to provide flexibility as USCIS works towards[Read More]
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Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j)
An employment-based applicant for adjustment of status must file I-485 Supplement J who is filing or has previously filed Form I-485 as the principal beneficiary of a valid I-140 in an employment-based immigrant visa category that requires a job offer, and you now seek, in connection with your Form I-485, to: Confirm that the job[Read More]
Skilled workers and employers should not be alarmed by McClatchy DC’s report that DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa program
By citing unnamed sources McClatchy DC reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa program. DHS is considering new regulations that would prevent H-1B visa extensions, according to two U.S. sources briefed on the proposal. The measure potentially could stop hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from keeping their[Read More]
Trump administration may “potentially” end H-4 EAD
On February 25, 2015, DHS had published a final rule extending eligibility for employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who are seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. DHS is proposing to remove from its regulations certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants as a class of aliens eligible for employment authorization.[Read More]
USCIS to Begin Accepting Applications under the International Entrepreneur Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER), in accordance with a recent court decision. Although the IER was published during the previous administration with an effective date of July 17, 2017, it did not take effect because the Department of Homeland Security[Read More]
VC Group Gets Win In Foreign Entrepreneur Rule Row
A D.C. federal judge on Friday granted a venture capital group’s bid to vacate a Trump administration rule that delayed an Obama-era regulation for international entrepreneurs, finding it unlawful because the government failed to give time for public. (Lexis) (proposed foreign entrepreneurs program, find here https://adhikarilaw.com/start-upentrepreneur/final-rule-international-entrepreneur-published-federal-registrar/) News coverage: SF Chronicle American Immigration Council Lexis-Nexis
SF Chronicle (citing unnamed source): Trump administration has plans to wipe out work permits for H-1B spouses
Citing unnamed source SF Chronicle reports that Trump administration has plans to wipe out work permits for H-1B spouses. The Trump administration plans to stop granting work permits to spouses of H-1B holders, overturning a 2015 rule and affecting thousands of foreigners currently in the United States, according to sources who have spoken to The Chronicle about[Read More]
Now the Premium Processing is Available for all types of H-1Bs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing today for all H-1B visa extension of stay petitions. Premium processing is now available for all types of H-1B petitions. H-1B visas provide skilled workers for a wide range ofspecialty occupations, including information technology, engineering, and mathematics. When a petitioner requests the agency’s[Read More]
DHS announced to wind down Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
Washington, DC. On September 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the wind down of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). On June 29, the attorneys general of Texas and several other states sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asserting that the DACA program is unlawful for the[Read More]
Bloomberg BNA: Immigration Agency May Be Expanding Anti-Fraud Program
By Laura D. Francis Some immigration attorneys are seeing what could be a quiet expansion of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services effort to root out fraud in the immigration system. That could translate to greater scrutiny of companies that transfer workers with uniquely specialized knowledge to their U.S. offices. “There are so many different things[Read More]