USCIS Edging Closer to the Elimination of H-4 EADs
Recent court filing indicates USCIS still moving forward with revising regulations Update: Yesterday, within the context of ongoing litigation over H-4 EADs in the U.S.
Read More »International Students in China Can Now Seek Employment
International Students in China Can Now Seek Employment. Students studying abroad in China are now permitted to obtain part-time employment while pursuing their degrees.
Read More »EB-1 Retrogression Expected to Last Longer Than Normal This Year
Backlog may continue into December. Update: This week, the Department of State (DOS) released the September 2018 visa bulletin. As reported in our monthly Visa Bulletin
Read More »September 2018 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State has released the September 2018 Visa Bulletin. As the fiscal year 2018 comes to a close, next month’s visa bulletin announces significant
Read More »Immigration Nerds Talk About Alternatives to the H-1B Lottery
Erickson Immigration Group Global Attorneys Stephanie Tan and Salman Cheema discuss options for individuals who didn’t get selected in the H-1B lottery to allow their
Read More »Trump Executive Orders Lead to Tightened Immigration Policy
USCIS’s increased scrutiny of petitions will not come as news to business immigration professionals. Recently released data provides further verification of evolving
Read More »Bill May Remove Country Limits on Employment-Based Immigrant Visas
The House of Representatives has included an immigration proposal into the FY2019 Homeland Security Funding Bill, which has moved on to a floor vote. The bill would remove
Read More »USCIS Memo Empowers Adjudicators to Issue More Denials
This past Friday the 13th proved to be a particularly unlucky day for the immigration world as USCIS published a news release informing the public that its Adjudicator’s
Read More »Growing Concern Over H-4 Dependent Children
Many Indian and Chinese H-4 dependent children are at risk of “aging out” of dependent status upon turning 21 due to the consistent backlog for employment-based green
Read More »August 2018 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State has released the August 2018 Visa Bulletin: In addition to the India and China EB-1 categories, all other countries now have a cut-off date for
Read More »Immigration Nerds Talk About USCIS Suspension of Premium Processing and the Impact on Visa Holders
Xavier Francis, Erickson Immigration Group Attorney, discusses USCIS’s recent suspension of Premium Processing for H-1B petitions and how its collateral effect
Read More »USCIS 2018 Annual Report
On June 28, 2018, USCIS presented its 2018 Annual Report to Congress. The report highlights an increase in processing times for many application categories, attributed to
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