On January 13, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published proposed rules entitled, “EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization.”  The proposed regulations include priority date retention for...

On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued proposed rules regarding the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center program.  The proposed rules address a number of issues. First, initial...

In December 14, 2016 comments with the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, USCIS issued clarification on the effective date of the 180 day automatic EAD extension rule.  Under newly issued regulations, certain...

The New Year is upon us and soon it will be 2017.  For companies seeking to hire high-skilled international workers, it means the start FY2018 H-1B filing season.  The filing period for H-1B cap subject petitions opens...

On November 18, 2016, USCIS issued new regulations regarding employment based immigrant and nonimmigrant workers.  The new rules make many of the policies previously set out in memoranda into official regulations.  The...