On this edition, Dan Kowalski, Editor-in-Chief of Bender's Immigration Bulletin and Stephen Yale-Loehr, co-author of the leading treatise, Immigration Law and Procedure, and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, N.Y. discuss the origins of the EB-5 immigrant...
On this edition, Dan Kowalski discusses the Arizona immigration law, the practical, legal and political issues it presents, and lawsuits filed challenging the law. Mr. Kowalski is an immigration lawyer with the Fowler Law Firm in Austin, Texas and is online editor...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Rebekah Kim, May 20, 2020 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a final policy memorandum designating Matter of F-M- Co . as an Adopted Administrative Appeals Office Decision. The decision clarifies that for employment...
Cyrus Mehta and Rebekah Kim, May 22, 2019 "An L-1 visa may be issued to a foreign national employee who has worked abroad for at least one continuous year within the last three years for a qualifying, related business entity (e.g., parent, subsidiary, or...
USCIS, Apr. 29, 2019 "USCIS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are extending the joint agency pilot program for Canadian citizens seeking L-1 nonimmigrant status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) through April 30, 2020. Last...
Fogo de Chao v. DHS, Sept. 26, 2016 - "...the Court concludes that the record is more than “adequate to support a conclusion” that Fogo’s gaucho churrasqueiro position involves specialized knowledge of Fogo’s product and its application in the U.S. market...
Cyrus D. Mehta, May 9, 2016 - "Despite the shrill rejection of globalization in the current presidential election cycle, the Appeals Administrative Office (AAO) has thankfully bucked the trend. It recently designated Matter of Z-A- Inc . as an “Adopted Decision...
Matter of Z-A-, Inc., Adopted Decision 2016-02 (AAO Apr. 14, 2016) [1] - (1) While an L-1A function manager may use his or her business expertise to perform some operational or administrative tasks, he or she primarily must manage an essential function. (2) To...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Michelle S. Velasco, Jan. 16, 2016 - "USCIS has yet to revise the Form I-129 and Form I-129S. Outside of this announcement there are no other instructions on the USCIS website, and its page on H and L filing fees has not been updated. Nevertheless...
USCIS, Jan. 12, 2016 - "The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113), signed into law by President Obama on December 18, 2015, increases fees for certain H-1B and L-1 petitioners. These petitioners must submit an additional fee of $4,000...
"This policy memorandum provides guidance on the adjudication of the L-1B classification, which permits multinational companies to transfer employees who possess “specialized knowledge” from their foreign operations to their operations in the United States...
Law360, Aug. 3, 2015 - "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday that it was “disappointed” that the agency released a draft template on applications for L-1B visa petitions before a new policy on the visas...
"This RFE template reflects the March 24, 2015 version of the L-1B Adjudications Policy Memorandum (PM-602-0111). Stakeholder feedback on the memo is under review by USCIS. The final version of this template will reflect the final version of the memo. ......
" If there is one visa uniquely suited to advance America’s competitive position in the global marketplace, it is the L-1B intra-company transferee visa for specialized knowledge employees. In an increasingly specialized economy where expertise should trump...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director León Rodríguez today announced the release of an updated policy memorandum on the L-1B nonimmigrant visa classification for workers with specialized knowledge . The memorandum, which clarifies for...