Oct 25, 2018
Stephen Antwine
Senior Associate Stephen Antwine joins Green and Spiegel, establishing dedicated practice.
Aug 29, 2018
Joshua H. Rolf
USCIS announced today that its suspension of Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Petitions will be extended through at least February ...
Jun 7, 2018
Joshua H. Rolf and Jonathan A. Grode
Since May 2016, F-1 STEM graduates have enjoyed up-to three years of employment authorization through post-completion Optional Practical Training (...
May 11, 2018
As a reminder to our clients, USCIS is continuing to deny pending Advance Parole (AP) applications (Form I-131) for applicants who travel abroad be...
May 9, 2018
U.S. News & World Report recently reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has rolled out a new program to test the use of body c...
Apr 11, 2018
Jonathan A. Grode and Matthew Galati
On April 5, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a worksite raid on Southeastern Provision, a meatpacking plant located in rural Bean Stat...
Jan 25, 2018
Jonathan A. Grode
Bloomberg Politics is reporting that legislation that would provide needed H-1B cap relief to a system perennially oversubscribed will be soon be i...
Jan 25, 2018
Matthew Galati
On January 22, 2018, Senior Associate Matthew Galati was quoted in “E-Verify Loses Reauthorization Amid Government Shutdown,&rsquo...
Jan 19, 2018
Jonathan A. Grode and Matthew Galati
At midnight on Jan. 20, 2018, the U.S. government will run out of funding, forcing a shutdown of many of its non-essential services. This according...
Dec 6, 2017
Andrew Clancy Rodgers
Foreign-owned start-up companies seeking to establish their headquarters in the United States received a bit of positive news on Friday when the U....
Nov 16, 2017
Joshua H. Rolf
On November 15, 2017, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 170, better known as the Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, clearing the way for...
Nov 8, 2017
Joshua H. Rolf
On November 6, 2017, nearly one month after suspending nonimmigrant visa services at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and the U.S. Consulates in Istanbul...
Oct 25, 2017
The Department of State (DOS) has released the November 2017 Visa Bulletin. The Bulletin announces the dates when employment- or family-based appli...
Oct 24, 2017
Andrew Clancy Rodgers and Jonathan A. Grode
On October 23, 2017, USCIS issued a Policy Memorandum rescinding previous guidance that directed adjudicators to defer to prior determinations of e...
Oct 20, 2017
The U.S. Department of State announced that the Diversity Visa Lottery entry period for 2019 was closed temporarily due to a technical error. ...
Oct 3, 2017
Joshua H. Rolf and Matthew Galati
October 3, 2017- Today, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that is has resumed premium processing for all H-1B extension of stay petitions, thereby enabling petitioners in all circumstances to utilize premium processing for their H-1B employees. Whether filing a new H-1B or seeking to upgrade a pending Petition, Premium Processing and its 15-day money-back-guarantee has been fully reinstated for all types of H-1B Petitions.
Sep 19, 2017
Joshua H. Rolf
On September 18, 2017, USCIS announced the resumption of Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2018 (“FY2018”) H-1B Cap Petitions, effective immediately. These Petitions, which must have arrived at USCIS between April 3 -7, 2017, include the 65,000 H-1Bs selected in the Regular Cap, and the additional 20,000 selected in the U.S. Master’s Cap....
Sep 15, 2017
Andrew Clancy Rodgers and Matthew Galati
Starting Monday, September 18, USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility Verification. As of this date, all employers must begin using the latest edition (edition date (7/17/2017) for all new-hire verifications. The new Form I-9 is available on the USCIS website.
The revisions to the form were largely technical in nature. The specific modifications to Form I-9 have been documented in greater detail in a post we published on July 21.
Contact Green and Spiegel today if you have any questions or concerns relating to Form I-9 or your company’s employment verification processes.
Sep 6, 2017
Dana Imperia and Jonathan A. Grode
Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program today, with “w...
Sep 1, 2017
Dana Imperia and Jonathan A. Grode
A senior administration official told Fox News yesterday that President Trump is expected to announce the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood ...