Tag Archives: immigration general

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

March 12, 2019 USCIS announced today that it is resuming premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions. If you received a request for evidence (RFE) for a pending petition, you may include your RFE response with the premium processing request. When an H-1B petitioner properly requests the agency’s premium processing service, USCIS guarantees a […]

By mdeutsch | Published March 12, 2019 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News | Tagged employment-based immigration, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visas, H-4 visas, Immigration, immigration application, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, US Visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

DHS Plans to End Employment Authorization for H-4 Spouses

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed amending its rule permitting employment authorization for H‑4 dependent spouses. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues H‑4 visas to the spouses and minor children of H‑1B visa holders. Currently, an H‑4 dependent spouse is permitted to receive an employment authorization under certain conditions, specifically if the H‑1B visa holder is […]

By mdeutsch | Published February 26, 2019 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications, Permanent Residence | Tagged employment-based immigration, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visas, H-4 visas, Immigration, immigration application, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, immigration plan, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, work permits | Comments Off on DHS Plans to End Employment Authorization for H-4 Spouses

Update: New Rule for H-1B Visas Goes into Effect

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its final rule, amending the process for selecting foreign nationals to receive cap-subject H-1B visas. The H-1B visa program allows companies to hire, for a three-year term (renewable once), foreign workers who have a bachelor degree or higher and have highly specialized knowledge in specialty occupations such as […]

By mdeutsch | Published February 5, 2019 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, employment-based immigration, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visas, Immigration, immigration application, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, US Visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on Update: New Rule for H-1B Visas Goes into Effect

Refugee Wars

I drove along I-35 South from San Antonio to Dilley, TX, to spend a week with 30 other volunteers, advising intending refugees from Central America how to navigate the U.S. asylum system. We were headed to the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC), the largest immigrant detention center in the United States. Over the next […]

By mdeutsch | Published January 4, 2019 | Posted in Immigration, Media and Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, Asylum, Immigration, immigration application, immigration court decisions, immigration for children, immigration general, immigration reform, Practice of immigration law, refugees, undocumented workers | Comments Off on Refugee Wars

Update on Premium Processing for 2018/19 H-1B Cap Petitions

UPDATE – August 28, 2018 USCIS announced is extending the previously-announced temporary suspension of premium processing for cap‐subject H‐1B petitions and, beginning Sept. 11, 2018, will be expanding this temporary suspension to include certain additional H‐1B petitions. USCIS expects these suspensions to last until February 19, 2019. The expanded temporary suspension applies to all H‐1B petitions […]

By mdeutsch | Published August 30, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News | Tagged employment-based immigration, H-1B, H-1B Visas, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, US Visa, USCIS, visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on Update on Premium Processing for 2018/19 H-1B Cap Petitions

DACA UPDATE !

There are just under 700,000 active beneficiaries of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Several years ago, based on the government’s assurances, these children and young adults stepped out of the shadows and revealed everything about themselves to apply for the program. They described how and when they came to the U.S., their entire residence, […]

By mdeutsch | Published August 8, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, deferred action status, immigration for children, immigration general, immigration reform, undocumented workers, USCIS, work permits | Comments Off on DACA UPDATE !

How You Can Support the Fight Against Family Detention and Family Separation

Dear clients and friends: Many have asked me what they can do about the current crisis and national horror, family separation. Here are the legal organizations I am supporting in this fight: American Immigration Council The American Immigration Council, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a powerful voice in promoting laws, policies, and attitudes that honor our […]

By mdeutsch | Published June 22, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, Asylum, Congress on immigration, family-based immigration, Immigration, immigration and crime, immigration attorneys, immigration court decisions, immigration for children, immigration general, immigration plan, refugees, undocumented workers | Comments Off on How You Can Support the Fight Against Family Detention and Family Separation

Administration Increases Quota for H-2B Seasonal Workers used at Trump Properties

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced on May 25, 2018, that the federal government will add 15,000 H-2B seasonal worker visas for fiscal year 2018. She determined there is a shortage of qualified, U.S. workers available to perform temporary nonagricultural labor to fulfil the needs of U.S. businesses in FY 2018. This is […]

By mdeutsch | Published June 6, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications | Tagged applying for immigration, employment-based immigration, foreign workers, H-2B workers, Immigration, immigration for businesses, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, seasonal workers, visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on Administration Increases Quota for H-2B Seasonal Workers used at Trump Properties

The Illusory Entrepreneur Parole Program is No More

May 25, 2018 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing a rule to end a program that allows certain foreign entrepreneurs to be considered for parole to temporarily come to the United States to develop and build start-up businesses here, known as the International Entrepreneur Rule (IE Final Rule). An advance copy of the proposed rule is […]

By mdeutsch | Published May 25, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications | Tagged applying for immigration, employment-based immigration, entrepreneurs, foreign workers, Immigration, immigration application, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, immigration reform, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, State Department, US Visa, visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on The Illusory Entrepreneur Parole Program is No More

The State Department Wants to View Your Social Media

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has requested the Office of Management and Budget to approve a revision of the visa application forms, adding several new questions. A visa applicant to list all of the social media platforms he or she used during the preceding five years. DOS said it will collect this information from […]

By mdeutsch | Published April 4, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications | Tagged applying for immigration, family-based immigration, foreign workers, Immigration, immigration application, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, Practice of immigration law, State Department, US Visa, visa | Comments Off on The State Department Wants to View Your Social Media