Category: Immigration Policy

Until recently a provision in the May 2016, STEM OPT regulation was not enfored. Current immigration policy (81 FR 13039) clarifies DHS discretion to conduct employer site visits at worksites to verify whether employers are meeting program requirements, including that they possess and maintain the ability and resources to provide structured and guided work-based learning experiences. While DHS had the

En estos últimos años, la situación para las personas que no se encuentran de manera legal en los Estados Unidos ha sido cada vez más difícil. Los controles migratorios se han vuelto mucho más estrictos y son cada día más frecuentes a lo largo del país, en especial en el Estado de California. Esto ha hecho que muchas personas sin

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recently announced “zero tolerance immigration policy for illegal entry on our Southwest border” is counter to America’s immigration policy favoring family unification because it will ultimately divide more families than unify them. May 7, 2018, the US Attorney General Jeff Sessions further indicated this administration’s position on immigration and families when he announced that the Department

On April 4, 2018, the Director of USCIS, Lee Francis Cissna, wrote Congress on USCIS’ efforts to comply with the April 2017 Executive Order, “Buy American, Hire American.” Below is Litwin & Smith’s summary of the existing, pending, and proposed changes that have occurred since the Executive Order: Changes made since the “Buy American, Hire American” Executive Order Extreme Vetting:

This Policy Memorandum (PM) supplements and supersedes preceding 3rd Party Worksite PMs and continues the Trump Thumping of the H1B program to further the Buy American and Hire American Executive Order under the scheme of protecting U.S. workers. The PM compels USCIS officers to request detailed documentation to ensure an employer-employee relationship exists and is maintained while an employee is

USCIS Form I-131 Advance Parole is file with an I-485 Application to adjust status to lawful permanent residence. The general rule is that I-131 advance parole requests are denied where the I-485 applicant travels outside the US before approval of the I-131. An exception to the general rule has existed for decades that an I-131 Advance Parole request accompanying an

Approximately 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available each fiscal year to international applicants seeking work in the United States. If you want to hire a foreign national for employment in the U.S., the process can seem overwhelming. Determining which forms to fill out, what government agency they need to go to and when can be a struggle if you

The U.S. is a nation of immigrant entrepreneurs. While immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population foreign entrepreneurs start one in four businesses. How does an immigrant entrepreneur start a business in the U.S. and come to the U.S.? While we do not have an entrepreneur visa, there are many visas for startup founders to create and then

The credit card payment option is available for the 41 fee-based forms processed at USCIS Lockbox facilities. Applicants may pay by Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover by completing Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transaction (PDF, 260 KB). The completed G-1450 is placed on top of the filing sent to USCIS. USCIS will enter credit card data into the

November 13, 2017 Newsweek has cited multiple immigration attorneys who reported that ICE agents had contacted their clients in an attempt to trick them into meeting for deportation proceedings. When one attorney asked why the ICE agent texted her client a last-minute meeting date sourced from a non-governmental website without a formal notice, he told her it did not make