Monthly Archives: November 2018

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DHS released an advance copy of the H-1B Cap pre-registration regulation

The Department of Homeland Security released, on November 30, 2018, an advance copy of the H-1B Cap pre-registration regulation. Once the notice is published there will be a 30 day comment period, so it still remains uncertain whether there will be a pre-registration for the FY 2020 H-1B Filing process.

SPS Immigration will shortly post a […]

By | 2018-11-30T17:00:17+00:00 November 30th, 2018|Categories: H-1B|Comments Off on DHS released an advance copy of the H-1B Cap pre-registration regulation

USCIS will quit denying Advance Parole applications due to international travel

During the USCIS Ombudsman Annual Conference on November 16, 2018, USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna confirmed that USCIS will end its recently-adopted practice of denying pending Advance Parole applications (Form I-131) when an applicant travels abroad during the time the Advance Parole is pending at USCIS. USCIS had previously, for years, adjudicated Advance Parole documents […]

By | 2018-11-19T21:27:05+00:00 November 19th, 2018|Categories: Administrative Action, Travel|Comments Off on USCIS will quit denying Advance Parole applications due to international travel

High Stakes for High-Skilled Immigrants

High Stakes for High-Skilled Immigrants: An Analysis of Changes Made to High-Skilled Immigration Policy in the First Year of the Trump Administration in Comparison to Changes Made During the First Year of Previous Presidential Administrations

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Kevin Miner
Sarah K. Peterson

Publication Information
44 Mitchell Hamline Law Review 970 (2018)

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By | 2018-11-19T17:32:31+00:00 November 19th, 2018|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on High Stakes for High-Skilled Immigrants

DOL implements new LCA Form Monday, 11/19/18

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (“OFLC”) announced that it will implement the newly revised version of ETA Form 9035, or the Labor Condition Application (“LCA”),  November 19, 2018. Starting Monday, November 19th, the new version is mandatory and petitioners will no longer be able to file LCAs using the prior […]

By | 2018-11-12T20:01:51+00:00 November 12th, 2018|Categories: H-1B|Comments Off on DOL implements new LCA Form Monday, 11/19/18