Robert F. Loughran is a partner at Foster LLP and is certified in immigration and nationality law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Loughran is a veteran and pioneer of the business immigration field with over two decades of experience representing multinational companies and advising investors and ultrahigh net […]
5th Circuit Allows Injunction on DAPA and DACA Expansion to Stand
27 May
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On Tuesday, May 26th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit declined to lift a February 2015 temporary injunction halting both the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program that extends deferred action and employment […]
CIS Confirms Amended H-1B Petition Required for Change in Work Location to New MSA
22 May
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
Prompted by a recent decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), on May 21, 2015, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) issued guidance clarifying that an amended H-1B petition is required when the H-1B employee’s work location will change to a location outside the metropolitan statistical area or area of […]
USCIS Issues Guidance for H-4 Spousal Work Authorization – Applications Begin to be Accepted May 26th
22 May
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented a regulatory change that will go into effect May 26th that grants employment authorization benefits to certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants working in the United States. Pursuant to this regulatory change, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) has recently published […]