BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCES IMMIGRATION REFORM PROPOSAL
Pathway to Legalized Status and Citizenship for Undocumented ‘Noncitizens’ Reform of Employment Immigration including Wage Based Allocation of H-1B Visas Additional Immigration Friendly Reforms The Biden Administration’s Immigration Reform Proposal was introduced in the Congress on February 18, 2021. It is anticipated that Immigration Reform will be the subject of an intense political battle. The […]
2022 H-1B CAP LOTTERY – UPDATE
IMPORTANT DATES – H-1B REGISTRATION PROCESS TIMELINE The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that the 2022 H-1B Cap Lottery will be continue via the electronic registration process, which was implemented in 2020. Please feel free to contact USILAW with any questions or issues that you may have. You may reach us via telephone […]
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL
President Biden’s Immigration Proposal 2022 H-1B Cap Lottery to Continue to be Randomized Computer Based Trump Policy Memorandum that Deemed ‘Computer Programmers’ to Not Qualify as a Specialty Occupation Position Rescinded The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that the 2022 H-1B Cap Lottery will no longer be subject to allocation by wage levels […]
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL
President Biden’s Immigration Proposal Republican Senators Pour Cold Water. Indicate Narrower Bill Maybe Possible. President Biden’s comprehensive immigration proposals arrived on Capitol Hill and was immediately met with strong opposition from Republicans. The Biden proposal would create a pathway to citizenship to the over 11 million undocumented individuals as well as those in temporary protected […]
PRESIDENT BIDEN PUTS ALL RECENT TRUMP REGULATIONS IN ABEYANCE
President Biden Puts All Recent Trump Regulations in Abeyance Trump Regulations to Decapitate Business Immigration Withdrawn or Postponed President Biden went into action immediately after his swearing-in ceremony by signing a series of executive orders and directives that reversed the last-minute Trump Administration measures to in effect destroy business immigration to the United States. The […]
TRUMP’S DHS MAKES LAST GASP EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE H-1B VISA PROGRAM
Trump’s DHS Makes Last Gasp Efforts to Eliminate H-1B Visa Program DHS and DOL Rules Aim to Make H-1B Filings Impossible The Trump Administration in its assault on immigration has, in a last gasp effort, attempted to fatally undermine the non-immigrant and immigrant visa programs through the announcement of changes to regulations. In its latest […]
IMMIGRATION UPDATE
Trump’s DHS Makes Last Gasp Efforts to Eliminate H-1B Visas DHS and DOL Rules Aim to Make H-1B Filings Impossible The Trump Administration in its assault on immigration has, in a last gasp effort, attempted to undermine the non-immigrant and immigrant visa programs through the announcement of changes to regulations. In its latest regulatory imposition, […]
IMMIGRATION UPDATE
USCIS Issues Final Rule on H-1B Cap Visa Selection Process DHS Final Rules Includes Procedures IF the Registration Process is Suspended The Trump Administration has continued efforts to contravene legislative process and enact measures on immigration to bend it to their will. The USCIS issued the Final Rules on the H-1B Cap registration process that […]
IMMIGRATION UPDATE
Trump Administration Measures to Restrict Work Visas Thrown Out The Department of Labor Called Out for Not Following Due Procedures The Trump Administration’s restrictive measures on H-1B visas, through the imposition of punitive salary requirements, were thrown out by a federal district judge in California. The Administration’s disdain for and lack of adherence to following […]
URGENT IMMIGRATION UPDATES
Trump Administration Moves Interim Final Rule to Restrict H-1B Visas Administration Looks to Short-Circuit Process to Impose Draconian Measures, With Court Challenge Likely The Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with its agency The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services have moved an Interim Final Rule to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) that […]