Daily Archives: January 12, 2017
Dear EB-5 Stakeholder: The following is a summary of USCIS’ proposed regulatory reform that will be published in the federal registrar on January 13, 2017. The written comment period will last until April 11, 2017. The DHS highlights four major revisions to the EB-5 program regulations, as follows: Priority Date […]
By Alicia A. Caldwell WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security favors a wall to secure the border with Mexico but said Tuesday that such a structure alone won’t be enough. “A physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job,” retired Marine […]
By Mica Rosenberg, Stephen Nellis and Emily Stephenson President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Possibilities for reforming the distribution of […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (CIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) recently adopted a new framework for adjudicating National Interest Waivers. Matter of Dhanasar, 26 I&N Dec. 884 (AAO 2016). In doing so, the AAO indicated that the new framework would better accommodate entrepreneurs and would be a more flexible […]