On January 12, 2023, USCIS announced several exciting updates to its ongoing expansion of Premium Processing. These...
Premium Processing Available for All EB-1C & NIW Petitions by End of January, Further Expansions Planned
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Jonathan A. Grode
Jonathan Grode serves as the U.S. Practice Director and Managing Partner for the Firm.
6th Annual Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Immigration Law Pro Bono Award Presented to Arthur N. Read, Esquire
On Monday, November 28, 2022, Arthur N. Read, Esquire, General Counsel of Justice at Work (formerly Friends of...
Green and Spiegel, U.S. Welcomes Two New Partners to Executive Team
Attorneys Stephen Antwine and Katelyn Hufe Karahan have been named Partners in the U.S. Headquarters at the...
Best Lawyers® Recognizes Jonathan Grode of Green and Spiegel U.S. As a Top Private Attorney
Green and Spiegel’s U.S. Practice Director and Managing Partner, Jonathan Grode, has been recognized in The Best...
Practice Alert: Social Security Administration Will Recognize that E and L Spouses are Work Authorized Incident Status.
After numerous examples of the Social Security Administration (SSA) refusing to issue social security numbers to E and...
USCIS Confirms Receipt of Nearly 500,000 H-1B Cap Registrations for Fiscal Year 2023
Quick Takeaways Almost 60% increase in Registrations received in March 2021 Selection rate approximately 26%...
Loosening of Restrictions for E-3 Visa Holders on the Horizon
Quick Takeaways Australian Citizens to be permitted to travel using valid E-3 Visa and Form I-797 Approval Notices,...
H-1B Initial Electronic Registration Selection Process Completed
On Tuesday, March 29th, USCIS announced that they had received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap), including the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). The Lottery was conducted as a random selection of properly submitted registrations and the myUSCIS Portal has been updated. Learn more in this blog.
Alert – USCIS Announces Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Cap Limit Reached
On Monday, February 28th, 2022 USCIS announced that it had received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach both the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for the fiscal year (FY) of 2022. Learn more in this blog.
Update: Major Changes To Ease Policies For L-2, And E Dependent Classifications Could Happen As Soon As Monday, February 7, 2022.
As previously reported, A recent settlement between the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the...
ALERT – USCIS CONDUCTS THIRD ROUND OF H-1B CAP
On November 19, 2021, USCIS conducted a third round of selections for Registrations submitted for the Fiscal Year 2022...
UPDATE: MAJOR CHANGES TO EAD POLICIES FOR H-4, L-2, AND E DEPENDENT CLASSIFICATIONS
A recent settlement between the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Department of Homeland...
