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    The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (H.R. 1044) would eliminate per-country quotas for employment-based immigration and more than double per-country quotas for family-based immigration. While per-country quotas are unfair and counter-productive, if they were simply and swiftly eliminated without doing more, a new host of problems would arise.   Why Getting […]

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On February 20, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) submitted a proposed H-4 EAD regulation entitled “Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses from the Class of Aliens Eligible for Employment Authorization” to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. DHS marked the proposed rule as “economically significant” which would allow the OMB to rap […]

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What is the most common immigration problem for foreign-born physicians who complete their medical residencies and fellowships in the United States? Most foreign-born physicians complete their training in the U.S. using J visas. Because of this fact, they are required to return to their countries of origin for 2 years before they are eligible for […]

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On January 31, 2019, the USCIS issued a regulation regarding the cap-subject H-1B visa lottery process. In the 30-day comment period which ended on January 2, the agency received over 800 comments about the proposed regulations.  The USCIS dismissed critical comments including those which stated that the portion of the regulation which reverses the order […]

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Last week, retired Immigration Judge Nathan “Nate” Gordon passed away.  At his funeral, dozens of immigration attorneys, judges and others shared their stories of this wonderful man. Judge Gordon changed many people’s lives in a very positive way. I have a lot of stories about Judge Gordon. Let me share one of them with you. […]

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On December 15, 2018, Cancer Nurse Maria Mendoza Sanchez returned to the US after being separated from her 4 children in the US for over a year. Her story speaks volumes about our misguided immigration policies and how they continue to wreck havoc on immigrant families. Maria first arrived in the US from Mexico over […]

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 On December 3, the USCIS proposed a rule which would eliminate the current requirement that employers file cap-subject H-1B petitions during the first week of April. New Online Registration System Instead, should the regulation become effective in 2019, employers will be given a 15-day period at least 2 weeks prior to April 1 to […]

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The USCIS announced that for the month of January 2019, applicants for adjustment of status in both the employment-based and the family-based categories may file their I-485 applications according to the Filing Date Charts. This means that you may file your I-485 before your priority date is current, a big plus for you and your […]

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On October 6, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched the myE-verify online platform to combat identity fraud and increase the accuracy of records within the E-Verify program. MyE-Verify is a free online service that allows employees to verify their eligibility to work in the United States prior to applying for employment and to […]

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On August 31, 2018, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a decision in Matter of Bermudez-Cota which attempts to severely limit who benefits from the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions. German Bermudez-Cota was born in Mexico and entered the U.S. in 1991. More than two decades later, in 2013, he was served with a […]

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