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USCIS today announced that it will issue employment authorization cards to H-4 spouses of workers in H-1b status who either: 1) are beneficiaries of an approved permanent residence petition but who are awaiting availability of an immigrant visa numbe… Read More

HIGHEST OFFICE OF 1,000 MEMBER CHAPTER OF IMMIGRATION BAR On May 21, 2014, Charles A. Tievsky was elected Chair of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for the 2014-2015 program year. As Chapter Chair, h… Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that the beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant visa petition has an independent legal right to challenge in court USCIS’ denial of the petition, even if the petitioning employer… Read More

On October 30, 2013, federal officials announced a record civil settlement agreement requiring Infosys Corporation, an Indian software firm, to pay a $35 million civil settlement over allegations that the company fraudulently used B-1 visitor visas t… Read More

USCIS recently confirmed that it does not require employers to file an amended H-1b petition for an employee when the job site relocates to a new address within the same Metropolitan Statistical Area (“MSA”). In response to a question posed by th… Read More

On October 21, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) released an interim policy memorandum, clarifying that the 17-month extension of post-completion Optional Practical Training (“OPT”) for F-1 students enrolled in Science,… Read More

Since the federal government shutdown commenced October 1, the government agencies affecting immigration have clarified what is open and what isn’t at least for the present: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (“USCIS”) continues to operate despit… Read More

The board that reviews PERM denials (“BALCA”) recently upheld a PERM denial when an employer failed to make additional attempts to contact job applicants after discovering that its certified mail interview invitations had not been delivered. BALC… Read More