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 thoughts to preparation for the coming H-1B season. Not unlike holiday gift-giving for many, this year’s changes to the H-1B […]
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 what I wanted to do and law was only on the back of my mind. After a stint as a […]
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 in both the student and employment visa arenas, some of these policies and practices are being challenged in court. Pushback […]
H-1B Visas: What You Need to Know About Filing in 2019
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 years. My search yielded little until this government shutdown. That’s when I realized that both the Department of Labor (DOL) and United States Citizenship and Immigration […]
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 the attention of an immigration officer. Until recently I would counsel you to schedule an InfoPass appointment to move the […]
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 for continued employment. Last year their H-1B petition was accepted in the H-1B lottery only to be denied for various […]
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 beach plans but with major investments to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which goes into effect that […]
An H-1B Season of Transition Begins
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 that technological glitches can show up any time but especially when a system is put to extreme use. This reminder is the guiding principle for my H-1B preparation […]