On October 18, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new family reunification parole process for certain nationals of Ecuador who have relatives in the United States and have already started the process to immigrate to the United States. Ecuador joins a growing list of countries, including Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, […]
Employers may apply for H-2B visas if they have a temporary need for extra workers. Temporary need can include ramping up employment to meet the demands of a particular contract or a recurrent seasonal need, such as a landscaping company that regularly needs additional landscapers in the spring and summer to meet higher demand. Each […]
As has widely been expected, the Biden administration is in the process of updating two employment-based visa programs that just about all agree require some major fixing and updating. On the Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions, the Department of Homeland Security has given notice that it will put out two Notices of Proposed […]
Immigration News: Intro to Temporary Work Visas – H-2B
I-9 Updates
After the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Texas, 143 S. Ct. 1964 (2023), the path was clear for DHS to re-implement its enforcement priorities across the country. But re-implementation was not automatic and in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, it was not immediately clear when the priorities would go back into […]
Enforcement Priorities are Back
Now that the national emergency related to COVID-19 has ended, the Department of Homeland Security is slowly phasing out the flexibilities it had put in place during the pandemic. Of note here, the flexibilities associated with Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, are coming to an end. Previously, employers that were fully remote were able to […]
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a federal law that provides a pathway for certain abused family members of U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) to apply for a green card on their own, without needing to rely on the participation of their abusive family member. Although the title of this law specifically […]
On August 21st, USCIS announced the launch of a new online form to request in-person appointments at local USCIS field offices without having to call the USCIS contact center. If you have tried calling the official USCIS Contact Center before with the intention of scheduling an appointment at the local field office, you’ve experienced firsthand […]
We’ve filed a case challenging the US Department of Labor over a new rule that dramatically hikes wages for H-1B, H-1B1, PERM and E-3 cases.
This case challenged the Presidential Proclamation 10014 and 10052 with respect to DV winners. The judge has certified the case as a class action …
This case challenged visa processing delays and the Trump Administration’s immigrant visa ban, Presidential Proclamation 10014.
This case features “pair[s] of star-crossed lovers” on whose lives, like Romeo and Juliet’s, a plague has wreaked havoc.
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