Salary Reduction: There is no need for a new LCA or a new I-129 petition provided that the employer was still paying the “required wage” [meaning the higher of the applicable prevailing wage or [...]

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it adopted measures to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to certain [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it will reuse previously submitted biometrics in order to process valid Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, [...]

From uscis.gov – 3/20/20 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the immediate and temporary suspension of premium processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 [...]

3/19/2020 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is suspending all routine visa services as of Wednesday in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokeswoman [...]

On March 10, 2020, in the court case ITServe Alliance v. L. Francis Cissna, D.C. U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer invalidated USCIS memos regarding the employer / employee relationship: [...]

ALERT: USCIS will implement the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule on Feb. 24, 2020, except in Illinois, where the rule remains enjoined by a federal court (as of Feb. 5, 2020). [...]

I-765 EAD Work Permit for Alien with Final Order of Deportation or Order of Supervision Category (C)(18) Final Order of Deportation or Removal, including Deferral of Removal under the Convention [...]

A recent article on vox.com highlighted the struggles of U.S. employers to fill unskilled and low skilled positions. According to the article, the hardest-to-find workers are no longer computer [...]

This is a typical RFE for a company that places it’s employees at a 3rd party worksite. ————// A specialty occupation is one that requires the theoretical and [...]