United States District Court Southern District of New York granted a preliminary injunction blocking USCIS from implementing the new public charge rule and the use of forms in connection with this rule pending the outcome of litigation challenging the legality of the rule itself.
Last February, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) delivered its proposed rule to eliminate the ability of H-4 visa status holder to secure Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has begun to conduct worksite visits in connection with employees who hold F-1 student status and who have secured STEM OPT extensions.
As USCIS announced in June, cap filings made in April 2020 may include a $10 registration fee for employers who wish to register for the lottery.
USCIS has instructed employers to continue to use the current Form I-9 until further notice.
In April, USCIS announced that they were simply proposing an extension of the current Form I-9 with no new changes.
The U.S.Department of State has issued the following announcement which represents a significant change in the validity period for E visas for French citizens:
“Please note effective August 29, the reciprocity schedule for France will be revised for E visas.
As a reminder, fines for Form I-9 violations will increase every year on April 5 as a result of the inflation adjustment to civil monetary penalties required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) which was signed into law on November 2, 2015.
There is legislation pending in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate which would eliminate the green card line for physicians born in India, once five years of service in a medically underserved area has been completed.
MK Shareholder Attorney Kimberley Best Robidoux recently sat down with NBC San Diego’s Danny Freeman to discuss the new scrutiny on employers’ compliance with the Employment Eligibility Verification requirements of the Form I-9.
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