Federal Government Relaunches Humanitarian Parole Program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela After Temporary Pause
On August 29, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) resumed processing of Advance Travel Authorizations...
UPDATED: Coalition of GOP-led States Files Challenge to Keeping Families Together Parole in Place Program
UPDATE, Sept. 5, 2024: On September 4, 2024, District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker extended the administrative stay...
DHS Announces Initiation of the Keeping Families Together Parole in Place Process
On June 17, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of Keeping Families Together, a...
Jonathan Grode Honored by Best Lawyers in 2025 for Excellence in Immigration Law
Green and Spiegel, U.S. congratulates Jonathan Grode, Practice Director and Managing Partner, who has been included in...
USCIS Issues O-1A and NIW Updates Following January 2022 Policy Guidance
Quick Takeaways NIW submissions have almost tripled since 2022 with approval rates dropping 10% O-1A submissions...
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms DHS Authority to Grant H-4 EADs
On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the...
USCIS Announces Second H-1B Lottery Drawing for Regular Cap
On July 30, 2024, USCIS announced that it would conduct a second randomized selection in the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap...
Bolstering STEM Talent with the National Interest Waiver: How a 2022 update streamlines the green card process
Updates to the National Interest Waiver process For decades, it has not been clear how immigrant experts with advanced...
Pennsylvania Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition History
PA Mock Trial has been a big part of Jonathan Grode's life since 2007 when he was still in law school. Celebrating its...
Jonathan Grode Honored as a Top Pennsylvania Attorney in 2024 by Super Lawyers
For the fourth consecutive year, Super Lawyers Magazine has named Green and Spiegel’s U.S. Practice Director and...
Department of State Update – Encouraging Trends Worldwide While Canada and Mexico Lag Behind
Quick Takeaways U.S. Consulates abroad issued record numbers of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas over the first half...
USCIS Announces Changes to the H-1B Program for 2024
Quick Takeaways This year’s H-1B Registration Period will open at 12PM EST on March 6, 2024 and close at 12PM EST on...