Legal NewsRoom
Menu
Menu
LEGAL NEWS
HOT TOPICS
LexisNexis® Legal Newsroom
ACA and Healthcare Reform
Antitrust and Unfair Competition
Banking and Finance
Bankruptcy
California
Climate Change
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Consumer Protection & Privacy
Contracts and Commercial Law
Corporate
Criminal Law and Procedure
Energy
Environmental
Estate and Elder Law
Family Law
Financial Fraud Law
Florida
Fracking and Alternative Energy
Health Care
Hot Topics
Hurricane Sandy
Illinois
Immigration Law
Immigration Reform
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
International Law
International Trade
Labor and Employment Law
Law360
Legal Business
Lexis® Hub
Litigation
Mealeys
Media and Entertainment
Mergers and Acquisitions
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Public Contracts
Public media
Public Policy
Real Estate Law
Securities
Sports Law
Tax Law
Technology
Texas
Top Emerging Trends
Torts
Virtual Currency
Workers' Compensation
NEWS & INSIGHT
Blogs and Newsletters
BIZ Blog
Blog Mosaic
Business of Law Blog
Corporate Law Advisory
Legal Content Insider
LexTalk
State Net
®
Capitol Journal
News & Trending Topics
Law360
Legal Insights & Trends
Lexis Practice Advisor Journal
Professional Communities
Business Insight Solutions – Partner Portal
Corporate InfoPro (Corporate Information Professionals)
InfoPro (Legal Information Professionals)
LexisNexis
®
for Developers
Litigators Verdict & Settlement Exchange
VISIT LEXISNEXIS LEGAL & PROFESSIONAL
Search
Search
Please enter a Keyword
This should not be used for legal research but instead can be used to find solutions that will help you do legal research.
Sign In
Browse By Tags
adopted decision
adopted decisions
becker
business administration
cap exemption
cap-subject
degree
entry level
equivalency
expert
forensic alcohol criminalist
health carousel
material change
matter of a-t-
mehta
pestaina
physician
recruiter
related entities
simeio
specialty occupation
USCIS
velasco
wage
yale-loehr
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Experts: Will the AAO Resist Trump on Erroneous H-1B Denials?
Sinduja Rangarajan, Mother Jones, Oct. 17, 2019 "Since 2017, as part of its efforts to “hire American,” the Trump administration has been aggressively denying applications for H-1B visas. Yet a record number of those denials have been...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
AAO Adopted Decision, Matter of S- Inc., Adopted Decision 2018-02 (AAO Mar. 23, 2018)
Matter of S- Inc., Adopted Decision 2018-02 (AAO Mar. 23, 2018) - "“Related entities” include petitioners, whether or not related through corporate ownership and control, that file cap-subject H-1B petitions for the same beneficiary for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
AAO on H-1B, Entry Level, Level 1 Wage (Jan. 25, 2018)
Two new decisions today, Jan. 25, 2018: Matter of B-C-, Inc., ID# 1139516 (AAO Jan. 25, 2018) Matter of G-J-S-USA, Inc., ID# 1182139 (AAO Jan. 25, 2018)
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
The AAO Finds That Entry Level Wages Do Not Automatically Preclude H-1B Visa Classification - Cyrus D. Mehta & Sophia Genovese
Cyrus D. Mehta & Sophia Genovese, Feb. 6, 2018 - " As we have previously blogged , many of the Requests for Evidence (RFEs) issued to petitions filed under the FY 2018 H-1B visa lottery objected to the H-1B worker being paid an entry level wage...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
THE AAO ON H-1B VISA CREDENTIAL EVALUATIONS AND THE 'THREE-FOR-ONE" RULE
"As immigration practitioners, we file H-1B visa petitions all the time. We know that in each petition, the employer must demonstrate that the position requires a professional in a specialty occupation and that the foreign national – the intended...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Recruiter Not a 'Specialty Occupation' for H-1B: Health Carousel v. USCIS
"Because the AAO denied Health Carousel's petition on four alternative grounds, Health Carousel can only succeed in its challenge by showing that USCIS abused its discretion with respect to each enumerated ground. Id. at 1037. USCIS must show...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
AAO (Published) on 'Material Change,' H-1B - Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC
Official Headnotes: (1) A change in the place of employment of a beneficiary to a geographical area requiring a corresponding Labor Condition Application for Nonimmigrant Workers (“LCA”) be certified to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
New AAO Adopted Decision and USCIS Policy Memo: Matter of A-T- Inc, Adopted Decision 2017-04 (AAO May 23, 2017)
Matter of A-T- Inc, Adopted Decision 2017-04 (AAO May 23, 2017) - Matter of A-T- Inc clarifies that, in order to qualify for an H-1B numerical cap exemption based upon a master’s or higher degree, the conferring institution must have qualified as...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Michelle S. Velasco: USCIS Questions Bus. Admin. Degrees for H-1B Visas
Michelle S. Velasco, Nov. 10, 2015 - "Since writing last year on the challenges facing employers who wish to hire H-1B workers for uncommon specialty occupations, we have seen the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) present a novel...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Like a Dog on a Leash, AAO Firmly Tethers H-1B Workers - Cyrus D. Mehta
"In Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC, 26 I&N Dec. 542 (AAO 2015), the AAO affirmed the Service Center Director's decision and revoked the petition's approval. Among other things, the Director had concluded that changes in the beneficiary's...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 5 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
AAO on “Physician of National or International Renown" - Matter of T-O-S-U-, Adopted Decision 2017-01 (AAO Jan. 4, 2017)
USCIS, Jan. 4, 2017 - "This policy memorandum (PM) designates the attached decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) in Matter of T-O-S-U- as an Adopted Decision. Accordingly, this adopted decision establishes policy guidance that applies...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
AAO H-1B Victory: Forensic Alcohol Criminalist
Camiel Becker writes: "I am writing to share a recent win I had at the AAO on an H-1B denial . The case involves an in-house Forensic Alcohol Criminalist for a California-based law firm. The California Service Center denied the H-1B petition, inter...