The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed their review of the proposed EB-5 regulations this past Thursday, June 27th. As the OMB Review concluded the final step in the agency rulemaking process, USCIS can now publish the new regulations at any time in the Federal Register as Final Regulations. […]
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing For All H-1B Petitions June 10, 2019
10 Jun
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the agency will resume premium processing for all remaining H-1B cap-subject petitions on Monday, June 10, 2019. Premium processing for H-1B cap subject petitions was suspended until May 20, 2019 when premium processing was resumed but only for those cap […]
2 illegal aliens plead guilty in separate East Texas trials to transporting illegal aliens, illegal re-entry
7 Jun
by Foster LLP, on News
BEAUMONT, Texas — Two illegal aliens pleaded guilty Tuesday in separate but similar cases to transporting illegal aliens, and illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported. Jorge Gonzalez-Ramirez, 27, Guatemala, and Joel Sanchez-Guzman, 25, Mexico, both pleaded guilty to their criminal charges June 4. Both cases were investigated […]
Nebraska illegal alien from Guatemala sentenced to more than 2 years in federal prison for identity theft, false claim to US citizenship
6 Jun
by Foster LLP, on News
OMAHA, Neb. — An illegal alien from Guatemala was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for identity theft and falsely claiming U.S. citizenship. This sentence resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith […]