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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced on June 12, 2023 that it is expanding premium processing to certain I-539 applicants filing to change status to F-1 academic student, F-2 dependent, M-1 vocational student, M-2 dependent, J-1 educational and cultural exchange visitor, and J-2 dependent nonimmigrant status. With premium processing, these applicants can pay […]

  The immigration risks associated with mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, or other corporate transactions include impacts on employee visa statuses or pending immigrant (green card) applications. When the corporate structure or ownership of the petitioning company changes, certain actions may be required to ensure that affected employees remain in compliance with […]

Immigration In The News

29 May

                Lawsuit says Kia benefited from labor of misled Mexican migrants Georgia’s sole automaker — the Kia manufacturing plant in West Point — has been accused in a lawsuit of taking part in a scheme to lure engineers from Mexico through fake job […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that employers must complete in-person physical document inspections for employees whose documents were inspected remotely during the temporary flexibilities by August 30, 2023.   During the COVID-19 pandemic, DHS implemented an inspection deferral policy allowing […]