UPDATE, Sept. 5, 2024: On September 4, 2024, District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker extended the administrative stay on USCIS’

On June 17, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of Keeping Families Together, a process by which certain

Green and Spiegel, U.S. congratulates Jonathan Grode, Practice Director and Managing Partner, who has been included in The Best Lawyers

Quick Takeaways NIW submissions have almost tripled since 2022 with approval rates dropping 10% O-1A submissions increased but have steadied

On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a lower court’s ruling that

On July 30, 2024, USCIS announced that it would conduct a second randomized selection in the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B

Written by Jonathan Grode, Barbara Leen, Amy Nice, and Joshua Rolf. Learn more on Institute for Progress (IFP). Updates to

PA Mock Trial has been a big part of Jonathan Grode’s life since 2007 when he was still in law

For the fourth consecutive year, Super Lawyers Magazine has named Green and Spiegel’s U.S. Practice Director and Managing Partner, Jonathan

Quick Takeaways U.S. Consulates abroad issued record numbers of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas over the first half of Fiscal Year

Quick Takeaways This year’s H-1B Registration Period will open at 12PM EST on March 6, 2024 and close at 12PM

Quick Takeaways Effective Date: All fee adjustments, excluding previously-announced updates to Premium Processing, will take effect on April 1, 2024.

DOL Completing Research on Whether to Modernize Schedule A to Include Additional STEM and Non-STEM Occupations in Shortage Occupation Designation

International Immigration Law Firm Green and Spiegel, U.S. has just added an office location in Florida. PHILADELPHIA, PA: In order

Quick Takeaways  12.3% Increase will take effect February 26, 2024, and in response to inflation between June 2021 and June

Quick Takeaways The pilot program will only be available to certain H-1B Visas between January 29 – April 1, 2024

After being a clerk at the immigration law firm for 1.5 years, Austin will join Emily Cohen’s team as an

We are very happy to announce that on November 16, 2023, The U.S. Department of State officially extended the E-visa

In June of 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a policy manual on the nonimmigrant exchange visitor (J-1)

Best Lawyers has announced the Fourteenth Edition of the Best Law Firms® rankings. Once again, Green and Spiegel U.S. has