Washington, D.C. - December 13, 2018: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed new regulations on December 3, 2018 to change the skilled worker visa program known as the H-1B temporary work visa program (“Proposed H-1B Rules”). Traditionally, H-1B visas are used by high skilled workers...
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Washington, D.C., December 3, 2018 – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today proposed new rules for the H-1B skilled worker visa program. The proposed rules are set out in a Notice of Proposed Rule Making dated December 3, 2018 (NPRM). The two principal objectives...
Washington, D.C. – October 3, 2018: On Friday, the President signed a spending bill which includes language that extends authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program through December 7, 2018 without changes. The bill also includes funding for the Departments of Defense, Labor, and Health...
The EB-5 Regional Center program faces three potential rulemaking updates in 2019, according to the latest Unified Agenda published by the Office of Management and Budget. The most advanced rule, potentially scheduled for November 2018, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization rule, was initially opened to...
Washington, D.C. – November 1, 2018: USCIS updated its policy on the validity period for I-693 Medical Examinations requited for Applications for Adjustment of Status (Form I-485). The policy went into effect on Nov. 1, 2018, and requires applicants to submit a Form I-693 that...
Washington, D.C. – October 3, 2018: On Friday, the President signed a spending bill which includes language that extends authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program through December 7, 2018 without changes. The bill also includes funding for the Departments of Defense, Labor, and Health...
Washington, D.C. – September 14, 2018: Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) announced that the Committee will introduce legislation to fund the government through December 7, 2018. The continuing resolution includes language that extends authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center...
Washington, DC – August 13, 2018: In late July, the House Appropriations Committee amended the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) spending bill to remove the per-country limits on employment-based visa allocation. Under current statutes, certain categories of family-based and employment-based immigrant visas have a global limit...
Washington, D.C. – August 13, 2018: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (“DACA”) received a welcome victory in a recent court decision, issued on August 3, 2018 and ordering the White House to begin accepting new applications. The decision, issued by the Federal District...
