Under the Trump Administration, a troubling trend has emerged with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that evidences a radical reinterpretation of regulations regarding the use of curricular practical training (CPT) and optional practical training (OPT) by F-1 students in certain circumstances. The USCIS...
Yesterday, the proposed regulation to terminate the program that allows certain H-4 spouses to obtain employment authorization was submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is one of the required steps in the formal rulemaking process, and signals that the...
President Trump indicated today that he will sign a spending bill that funds the federal government through September 30, 2019, despite the fact that it does not include the funding he demanded to build a wall on the U.S. / Mexico border. The bill will...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the final rule on January 30, 2018 for H1B cap-subject petitions. The new regulation makes a procedural change for the USCIS, which should result in an increase in the percentage of foreign nationals selected in the lottery...
1) We have heard that there was a raid on students of a certain university called the University of Farmington in Michigan. What is the background on this university? The University of Farmington ("the University") was apparently set up by the U.S. federal government, in 2015,...
The Murthy Law Firm has received numerous reports that F-1 students currently enrolled at University of Farmington, in Michigan, began being taken into custody on the evening of January 29, 2019. The students at risk appear to be those who transferred to the school from...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a final rule reversing the order by which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H1B petitions under the H1B regular cap and the advanced-degree exemption, and it introduces an electronic registration requirement for petitioners seeking to...
President Trump has agreed to support a bill that would reopen the government through February 15, 2019. Congress is expected to quickly pass the bill, perhaps as soon as sometime this evening. The bill would not include any funding for President Trump's proposed wall on...
Since taking office, the Trump Administration has instituted numerous policies to make it more difficult for foreign nationals - including international students - to come to the United States. This has highlighted the need for caution among current and potential F-1 students when selecting the...
A partial shutdown of the federal government is now in effect because Congress was unable to pass a new budget or continuing resolution. This also means that several immigration programs are temporarily suspended, including the regional center portion of the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant...
