On Saturday, President Trump told Fox News that he is "going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on visas." No details have been provided, but National Public Radio (NPR) reported restrictions are being considered for the H1B and L-1 visa categories. It...
Per the settlement agreement between the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and IT Serve Alliance, the USCIS has now officially rescinded the 2018 Contract and Itinerary Memorandum and the 2010 Determining Employer-Employee Relationship memo. Per the rescission notice, the USCIS shall no longer apply...
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Trump Administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was "arbitrary and capricious," and therefore invalid under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). DACA is a program that was created by the Obama Administration...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced an extension of its temporary policy that allows employers' ability to review employee documents remotely for form I-9 purposes. This policy is now scheduled to expire on July 19, 2020. More details on this temporary policy,...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the July 2020 Visa Bulletin. All cutoff dates listed refer to the dates in the final action (FA) chart, unless otherwise specified. Visa Bulletin Summary Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category The EB1 category for India continues to advance. The cutoff...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced changes to the J-1 waiver program for clinical care in response to the public health emergency created by COVID-19. These changes expand the potential pool of physicians and their employers who could seek J-1...
Most months, Charles Oppenheim, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, provides visa bulletin explanations and predictions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Oppenheim is currently working from home, and therefore is unable to access certain government databases....
If an H1B registration is selected in the lottery, ordinarily, only the employer that submitted the registration is eligible to file an H1B petition for the registrant. However, what if, as a result of a merger or acquisition, the entity that submitted the registration no...
This afternoon, President Trump signed an executive order that will temporarily bar admission of certain F-1 students and J-1 researchers from China. Effective June 1, 2020, any citizen of China involved with China's "military-civil fusion strategy" will not be admitted in F-1 or J-1 status....
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it would resume premium processing service in phases, beginning June 1, 2020. Per the announcement, premium processing will be made available as follows.Effective June 1, 2020, the USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium...
