Since former President Donald Trump won re-election, there has been a flurry of speculation about what to expect during his second administration. While there is much we don’t know, his first presidency offers clues regarding...more
11/11/2024
/ Business Immigration ,
Deportation ,
Detention ,
Employment Policies ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigration Procedures ,
National Interest Waiver ,
Non-Citizens ,
Public Charge ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Travel Restrictions ,
USCIS ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
Today, October 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designated Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months due to the ongoing situation in Lebanon. The TPS designation will allow Lebanese...more
Policy guidance clarifies application eligibility evidence for EB-1A immigrant classifications -
Effective October 2, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued policy guidance to further clarify the...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 1 that it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. Applicants...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding F and M students, including USCIS’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization, change of status, extension of stay,...more
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) is scheduled to announce a pilot program to resume domestic H-1B visa renewal for qualified applicants who meet certain requirements. The Federal Register Notice announcing the program will...more
Following reports of competing bills in the House and Senate, the U.S. government is potentially headed for a shutdown, which would begin on October 1, 2023, the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year. This would directly affect...more
9/28/2023
/ Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Government Shutdown ,
H-1B ,
H-2A ,
H-2B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Certifications ,
US Department of State ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Immigration Settlement Clears the way for thousands of H-1B and L-1 spouses to work in the U.S., Ulmer Immigration Group Leader David Leopold explains....more
11/15/2021
/ Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
H-4 ,
H-4 Spouses ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 ,
L-2 Visas ,
Spouses ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation that suspends the entry of foreign nationals on certain employment-based nonimmigrant visas into the United States. This Proclamation also extends, effective...more
Join Ulmer Partner David W. Leopold for a complimentary webinar to discuss the recent Presidential Proclamation that suspended the entry of foreign nationals on H-1B, H-2B, L, and J visas to the United States. David will...more
6/24/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Foreign Nationals ,
H-1B ,
H-2B ,
J-1 Visas ,
L-Visas ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Temporary Visa Suspensions ,
Travel Ban ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Visas ,
Webinars
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) opened its initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap on March 1, which will run through noon Eastern on March 20. During this time, employers who plan...more
Join Ulmer for a live webinar on January 14 at 2 p.m. (ET) as Partner David W. Leopold discusses what corporate counsel must know about navigating increasingly complicated policies aimed at business immigration....more
1/3/2020
/ Business Immigration ,
Business Strategies ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Requests for Evidence ,
Risk Management ,
USCIS ,
Visa Applications ,
Visa Denials ,
Visas ,
Webinars ,
Work Visas ,
Workplace Investigations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will use its new online registration system in next year’s filing season for H-1B specialty occupation visas, which will allow employers to wait until...more
12/10/2019
/ Electronic Filing ,
Filing Requirements ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Registration Requirement ,
USCIS ,
Visas
A federal judge in New York has ruled that Canadian physicians who are subject to the J-1 two-year foreign residency requirement may enter the United States in H-1B status, even though they have not spent two years in Canada...more
4/1/2019
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Canada ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
J-1 Visas ,
Physicians ,
Residency Requirements ,
USCIS ,
Visas ,
Waivers
Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the start of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 cap season, the start dates for premium processing of cap-subject H-1B petitions, and the launch of USCIS’s new...more
3/20/2019
/ Amended Regulation ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Students ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Lottery ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective today it will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions. Under the USCIS premium processing program, the agency guarantees a 15-day...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has formally moved to rescind the H-4 Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Rule, which permits the spouses of certain H-1B professionals to apply for work authorization if their...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent a proposed H-1B registration rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review, signaling that it plans to move quickly to implement its plan to reform the so-called...more
The federal government entered a partial shutdown on December 22, 2018. With no end in sight as the shutdown enters its third week, many are wondering how the shutdown will affect immigration matters. To provide some insight...more
1/8/2019
/ Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
EB-5 ,
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) ,
Government Shutdown ,
I-129 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
OFLC ,
Passports ,
Popular ,
Ports of Entry ,
SEVP ,
US Department of State ,
USCIS ,
Visas