Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun the abhorrent policy of detaining pregnant women in immigration jails. ICE will no longer automatically release from custody pregnant women charged with being in the U.S. illegally while their cases make their way through immigration court. Automatically releasing pregnant women from custody was the general practice under the…
DetailsCompanies in metro areas in Texas and on the East Coast—not Silicon Valley or San Francisco—employed the most H-1B recipients between 2010 and 2016, according to a Pew Research Center report. By filing a public records request, Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C., obtained the government data on H-1B visa…
DetailsU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has directed personnel to reject all multiple H-1B petitions filed by related employers for the same beneficiary in the H-1B lottery, which begins on April 2. USCIS publicly released a policy memo this week that offers guidance to personnel in evaluating multiple H-1B petitions for the same prospective employee.…
DetailsThis is another in a continuing series of posts I will be writing to describe some of the Alcorn Immigration Law team’s client success stories.* To maintain confidentiality, the name of the client has been changed, and details may have been omitted or slightly altered. Doug and Martina met while working out at the gym.…
DetailsThis is another in a continuing series of posts I will be writing to describe some of the Alcorn Immigration Law team’s client success stories.* To maintain confidentiality, the name of the client has been changed, and details may have been omitted or slightly altered. After building a successful software consulting firm in Germany, Brigitte…
DetailsIf U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services more strictly monitors employees who make immigration benefits decisions, what could this mean for immigrants? USCIS is creating an internal division to monitor and investigate agency employees and has already begun transferring workers to staff the division, according to the Washington Post. The Organization of Professional Responsibility (OPR) division…
DetailsU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will temporarily suspend premium processing for H-1B visa petitions that are subject to the annual lottery, which starts on April 2. USCIS expects to resume premium processing after Sept. 10. USCIS will continue to accept premium processing requests for H-1B petitions that are exempt from the lottery, such as…
DetailsIf you are from China or India and eligible to file for an adjustment of status under an EB-1 petition, we recommend you do so by March 30. Contact the Alcorn Immigration Law team if you need assistance. Starting on April 1, individuals from China and India will no longer immediately receive an EB-1 green card…
DetailsWhite House officials told key Republican Congressional leaders this week that President Trump would be open to extending DACA in exchange for a border wall funding if included in the omnibus spending bill being crafted to meet next week’s deadline, according to the Washington Post. But just a few hours after the Post published its…
DetailsExpect delays in premium processing for H-1B visa applications this year. With the annual H-1B lottery fast approaching on April 2 and the expected processing delays, your company should act now to prepare H-1B petitions for prospective candidates—if it hasn’t already. The Alcorn Immigration Law team knows what it takes to put together successful H-1B petitions. Moreover,…
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