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USCIS Announces All Unselected H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions for Fiscal Year 2019 Have Been Returned
August 2nd, 2018
United States Citizens and Immigration Services announced on July 30 that all unselected H-1B cap-subject petitions for the 2019 Fiscal Year have been returned. If you submitted an H-1B cap-subject petition between April 2 and April 6, 2018 and you h…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
USCIS Policy Update: RFE & NOID
July 16th, 2018
United States Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum that will allow USCIS officers and adjudicators to exercise their full discretion to deny an application, petition or request without needing to first issue a Request…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Rules to Uphold Trump Administration Travel Ban
July 6th, 2018
On June 26, 2018 the United States Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-4, upheld the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, titled Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United State…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
Department of Homeland Security Proposes to Eliminate International Entrepreneur Rule (IE Final Rule)
June 11th, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security announced on May 25th that it was in the process of revoking the International Entrepreneur Rule (IE Final Rule), a program that allows foreign entrepreneurs to temporarily come to the United States in order to dev…
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USCIS Releases Policy Memo on Accrual of Unlawful Presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants
May 21st, 2018
On May 10, 2018, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy memorandum that fundamentally changes the way in which foreign students (F and M visa holders) and exchange visitors (J visa holders) are considered “…
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USCIS Completes Entries for Selected 2019 H-1B Cap Subject Petitions
May 16th, 2018
USCIS released an announcement on May 15, 2018 stating that is has completed all entries for selected H-1B cap petitions for fiscal year 2019. All H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected will be returned by USCIS; however, due to the high v…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
USCIS Expands Credit Card Payments for Processing Fees
February 16th, 2018
US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced on February 14th 2018 that it will now accept credit card payments for the filing process of most forms. Credit cards payments to the USCIS are now accepted for the 41 fee-based forms processed…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
Laura Edgerton Named 2018 Legal Elite for Immigration by Business North Carolina
January 19th, 2018
Business North Carolina recently published its annual list of the 2018 “Legal Elite” and our founder, Laura Edgerton, was chosen as the Legal Elite category winner for Immigration. The complete list of category winners was included in Bus…
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International Entrepreneur Rule
December 20th, 2017
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 14, 2017 that it will begin steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER). The IER was published during the Obama Administration with an effective date of July 17,…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
TPS Re-Registration Period Open for Nicaragua
December 20th, 2017
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 15, 2017 that the re-registration period for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from Nicaragua is open. Re-registration must be completed between December 15, 2017 an…
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