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Administration Proposes Changes to H-1B Process
On December 3, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed change to its H-1B regulations. H-1B visas are temporary permissions for foreign professionals to come to the U.S. to work in positions known as “specialty occupations.” These positions normally require a bachelor or higher-level degree, therefore highly specialized knowledge, to perform. If the […]
Court Blocks Administration’s Asylum Rule Changes
Invoking emergency national-security measures, the Administration has continued its attack on our Asylum laws, which are based on international obligations and adopting U.S. laws more than 50 years old. Changes to the laws, described below, would eviscerate US asylum law if upheld and, as expected, are under challenge in the U.S. courts. On November 9, […]
New Rule for Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats and International Organization Employees
The United States Department of State announced that diplomats (A-1 and A-2) and international organization employees (G-1, G-2 and G-3) will henceforth be required to prove they are legally married to their same-sex partners in order for the partners to obtain derivative visas to come to the United States. The new rule applies to foreign […]
USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2019
On April 11th, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2019. USCIS received 190,098 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 2ne, including petitions filed for the advanced […]
Tech Blog Quotes Morris Deutsch on H-1B Issues
CIO Dive, an online newspaper for techies, quoted our partner, Morris Deutsch, on the subject of H-1B visas. In the article, Deutsch describes how the government has been making H-1B visas more and more restrictive and why the H-1B quota is too small. Feel free to contact any of the immigration attorneys at Deutsch, Killea […]
Giving Away With One Hand, Taking Away With the Other, International Entrepreneur Rule
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 14, 2017, that it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) in accordance with a recent court decision. USCIS noted that while the agency implements the IER, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will also “proceed with issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking […]
