Apr 16, 2018
As the old legal adage goes, “no man is above the law.” This holds true for all of us: it holds true for me, for you, for the President...
Apr 13, 2018
On April 11, 2018, USCIS announced that it completed the randomized selection of Petitions submitted for the Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap. USCIS repor...
Apr 11, 2018
On April 5, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a worksite raid on Southeastern Provision, a meatpacking plant located in rural Bean Stat...
Apr 10, 2018
On Friday, April 6, 2018, USCIS announced that it once again reached the limit for H-1B Petitions submitted for the Fiscal Year 2019 Regular and Ma...
Apr 4, 2018
In yet another effort to impose ‘extreme vetting’ of foreign nationals entering the United States, on Friday March 30, 2018, The Depart...
Mar 29, 2018
The internet has become a platform for human trafficking rings, whether it is advertising sex trafficking and forced prostitution, or selling count...
Mar 22, 2018
Reports have recently surfaced that USCIS is considering creating an internal oversight department, to monitor the adjudication of permanent reside...
Mar 21, 2018
Effective March 12, 2018, the US Embassy in Paris terminated the “Golden Arrow” program. The Golden Arrow program was created as ...
Mar 21, 2018
For the second year in a row, and less than two weeks before April 1, USCIS announced it will suspend Premium Processing for all Petitions subject ...
Mar 2, 2018
Recently announced changes to the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) have altered the way U.S. Consular Officers’ issue validity periods for non-im...
Mar 2, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has confirmed that it will refrain from issuing draft regulations that would revoke work au...
Feb 28, 2018
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be making good on its Director’s promise to potentially quintuple worksite enforcement a...
Feb 23, 2018
On February 22, 2018, USCIS issued a Policy Memo outlining the documentary requirements for all H-1B Petitions involving third-party placements. Pe...
Feb 2, 2018
February 2, 2018 – U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode will be speaking today at the HRPA conference, at 10 am EST in Toronto, Canada. The ...
Jan 30, 2018
January 30, 2018 – U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode will be co-presenting a national webinar today for The American Immigration Lawyers ...
Jan 26, 2018
It is with great pleasure and sadness to announce that Green and Spiegel attorney Caleb U. Arnold, will be leaving the firm to join the Philadelp...
Jan 25, 2018
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
On January 22, 2018, Senior Associate Matthew Galati was quoted in “E-Verify Loses Reauthorization Amid Government Shutdown,&rsquo...
Jan 23, 2018
This weekend’s government shutdown and lapse in several immigration programs proved to be relatively short lived. Early this aftern...
Jan 19, 2018
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...