Sarah Caze at Jackson Lewis P.C.

Staying I-9 and E-Verify Compliant: Updates for Employers

USCIS has published a new version of Form I-9 and effected new updates to the form and E-Verify. Employers can use the new 01/20/2025 edition date (expiring 5/31/2027) Form I-9, but the following previous versions continue...more

4/15/2025 / E-Verify , Employment Eligibility Verification , Form I-9 , Immigration Procedures , USCIS

No ‘X’ Marks: USCIS No Longer Issuing Documents with ‘X’ Gender

Effective April 2, 2025, all documents issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will identify individuals as either male or female. Previously, USCIS-issued documents also listed “X” as a gender....more

4/3/2025 / Executive Orders , Gender Identity , Immigration Procedures , Immigration Reform , Trump Administration , USCIS

What Canada’s Sweeping Immigration Reform Means for U.S.

Canada is reducing the number of permanent and temporary residents it will admit over the next couple of years over concerns about housing prices as well as stress on infrastructure and social services due in part to the high...more

11/20/2024 / Canada , Corporate Counsel , Foreign Nationals , Foreign Students , Green Cards , H-1B , Highly-Skilled Workers Visa , Immigration Procedures , Resident Status

USCIS: Exceptionally High Number of Employment-Based Visas Available

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is strongly encouraging applicants for adjustment of status (Form I-485) in the employment-based third preference category, if they are eligible to do...more

2/28/2022 / Foreign Nationals , Foreign Workers , Immigrants , Immigration Procedures , USCIS , Visas

J-1 Visas And Summer Workers

As several cities are allowing businesses to resume their operations to pre-pandemic levels, many employees are being called back to on-site work. Thankfully, schools have been welcoming children for in-person learning for...more

6/9/2021 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Foreign Exchange Students , Foreign Workers , J-1 Visas , National Interest Waiver , Summer Camps , Travel Ban , US State Departments

USCIS Warns Of Delays Caused By Surges In Petition Filings At Lockbox Facilities

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued an alert on delays in processing receipt notices due to the surges in petition filings at lockbox facilities because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the agency’s...more

1/4/2021 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Foreign Nationals , Popular , Travel Restrictions , USCIS , Visas

Judge Enjoins Public Charge Rule

On July 29, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge George B. Daniels of New York issued a nationwide injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing the Administration’s Public Charge Rule during the declared...more

7/31/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , Foreign Nationals , Green Cards , Immigration Procedures , Injunctions , Public Charge , US Department of State , USCIS

Company Challenges USCIS Authority To Approve H-1B Visas For Less Than Period Requested

After receiving several H-1B approvals for periods shorter than requested, IT consulting services company Flexera Global has sued USCIS in the federal court for the Southern District of Texas requesting an order directing...more

1/3/2020 / H-1B , Immigration Procedures , USCIS , Visas

Update: DACA Litigation

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients have been in limbo and at the center of various political debates ever since President Donald Trump attempted to end the program in 2017. Put in place by the Obama...more

7/8/2019 / DACA , Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , Deportation , Immigration Procedures , Trump Administration

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