Firm News

• EAD Delay Lawsuit Plaintiff Onboarding

  Thank you for your interest in the IMMpact team’s new lawsuit challenging USCIS’ delay in adjudicating EADs (I-765 work permit applications).  We will be asking a federal judge to order USCIS to process your EAD applications immediately, and to change their policies and procedures to avoid long delays in the future.
  The deadline to join the case is September 24, 2021 at noon Central time.
  If you would like to join the lawsuit, please do all of the following:
  Step 1:  Review the FAQ to confirm that you qualify to participate,

• Goh v. Blinken (DV-2021 Delays) Update

  On September 9, 2021 Judge Mehta issued a decision in Goh v. Blinken. The Court found that DOS policies were unlawful and had unlawfully delayed the processing of DV-2021 applications.  We are grateful that the court saw through the government’s arguments and justifications and thrilled that he ruled in our favor.  That said, despite our request, he declined to give explicit prioritization to Goh plaintiffs (or plaintiffs from the other cases).  This is based on his belief that the statute requires applications to be adjudicated in random order.

• Jeff Joseph quoted in CNN article

  Our senior partner, Jeff Joseph, was quoted in article, “Labor shortages expected to continue as employers struggle with visa bureaucracy and Covid”
  The H-2B visa allows employers to bring foreign workers to the United States for temporary non-agricultural jobs, such as landscaping, hospitality and other industries. Congress sets a cap for the number of visas allowed per fiscal year. Currently, that cap stands at 66,000, with 33,000 for workers starting employment October 1 to March 31,