An H-1B Season of Transition Begins
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash On February 3, 2020 a coding flaw in a mobile app delayed the tabulation and reporting of the Iowa Democratic Caucus results. This high-profile failure reminds us [...]
What’s New for This H-1B Cap Season
The week following Thanksgiving often signals the beginning of the holiday shopping season for those who did not dive in while still digesting their turkey dinner. As an immigration attorney, this week always turns my [...]
International Student Enrollment Is Tapering, But Not for the Reasons You May Think
Unlike many lawyers I know, I did not go directly from my undergraduate studies to law school. In fact, when I graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, I wasn’t sure [...]
Universities and IT Firms Challenge USCIS Policies on Unlawful Presence and Third-Party Worksites
As a lifelong fan and supporter of the foreign national community, it has been hard for me to watch the Trump Administration enact increasingly stringent visa policies and practices. Today I’m happy to report that [...]
H-1B Visas: What You Need to Know About Filing in 2019
Source: Cheryl Empey via FreeImages.com As a dedicated immigration attorney, I’ve been steadfast in my H-1B visa service and searching for a nugget of good news on this front during the past few [...]
USCIS Is Phasing Out Online Self-Scheduled InfoPass Appointments
As your immigration attorney I try to take care of as much of your application process and answer as many of your questions as I can. On occasion an issue or question arises which requires [...]
New Unlawful Presence Guidelines Increase Vigilance on International Students and Exchange Visitors
Recently a student called my office asking to talk to the “F-1 attorney.” The student was employed using his STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) and his employer was seeking to change his status to H-1B [...]
Get Set for GDPR Compliance
As the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, many Americans see this May 25th as the unofficial kick-off for summer. Businesses around the world have been preparing for this day for months, however, and not with [...]
Uncertain U.S. Immigration Future May Still Benefit International Students
Image courtesy of Tuomas Lehtinen at freedigitalphotos.net As an Italian-American it saddened me to read in The New York Times that Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas may be eliminating its Italian classes. [...]
Buy American, Hire American Creates Additional Bumps in H-1B Path
Source: USCIS.gov Have you ever driven a car on an unpaved road? It’s bumpy, and the path isn’t always clear. This is the situation immigration attorneys and their clients are facing with the [...]
Green Card Process Lengthens with New Interview Requirement
Image source: Razvan Caliman via Freeimages.com For the first time since I began practicing immigration law, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will require an interview for workers seeking green cards. This [...]
What Graduating Foreign Nationals Need to Know
The month of May brings graduation ceremonies and celebrations across the United States. For many foreign national students, this is both a time to cherish their new degree and to manage their transition from student [...]