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Some Foreign Students May Experience Scrutiny and Delays at U.S. Ports of Entry

Last week, the Homeland Security Department has ordered U.S. border agents, "effective immediately", to verify that every international student who arrives in the US has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained by the Associated Press. This decision came after it was discovered that a friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar [...]

By Alexandra Michailov, Esq.|2013-05-14T12:23:31-04:00May 14th, 2013|F-1, News, Policy, Students|

Entrepreneurs in Residence – One Year Later

On May 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) released a summary and assessment of efforts taken during the first year of its Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative. Launched in February 2012 in Silicon Valley, the EIR initiative brought together startup experts and USCIS immigration experts to work collaboratively to streamline pathways for a [...]

By Alexandra Michailov, Esq.|2017-05-20T21:47:35-04:00May 13th, 2013|Entrepreneurs, News, Policy|

2013 CBO Report on Immigration Population in the United States

Yesterday, May 8, 2013, the Congressional Budget Office ("CBO") released an updated report to Congress analyzing the current immigration population in the United States. The report is interesting not only in the context of the ongoing debate on the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill which is currently in Congress but also to get a [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:35-04:00May 10th, 2013|Articles, Immigration Reform, News, Policy|

Group of Senators Releases Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Earlier today, a group of eight U.S. Senators released a proposed framework for a comprehensive immigration reform. The document signed off by Senators Charles E. Schumer of New York, John McCain of Arizona, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Marco Rubio of Florida, Michael Bennet of [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:41-04:00January 28th, 2013|Articles, Immigration Reform, News, Policy|

USCIS Launches “Online Entrepreneur Resource Center”

In recent years, despite the U.S.’s rich history as a haven for ambitious immigrants, many foreigners looking to work in the U.S. have had to cope with increasingly restrictive immigration policies. As a result, the number of immigrant-founded startups in Silicon Valley, to take an example, has declined from 52.4% in 2005 to 43.9% in [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:44-04:00December 2nd, 2012|Articles, H-1B, News, Policy|

USCIS Announces the Creation of a Separate EB-5 Program Office

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced the creation of a separate office which would be tasked with overseeing the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Yesterday, July 18, 2012, USCIS Director Mayorkas announced that his agency has and will continue to increase the number of staff dedicated to the EB-5 immigrant investor program. This [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:51-04:00July 19th, 2012|Articles, EB-5, News, Policy|

H.R. 3012 Update: Sen. Grassley Removes Hold on H.R. 3012; Bill Continues in Senate

We have been monitoring developments around the H.R. 3012 legislation aimed at removing the per-country annual limits for the immigrant visa categories. We have written extensively in the past and many of our clients and readers are very interested in any developments with H.R. 3012 because of its wide (and significant) impact on employment-based immigrant [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:52-04:00July 19th, 2012|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, Policy|

Brookings Report on the H-1B Program: Demand, Availability and Training Fees

The Brookings Institute has completed and released an interesting report (PDF document, accompanied by interactive charts) on the H-1B program. The report aims to provide a deeper analysis of the H-1B program and to understand the issues and the competitive advantages (or lack thereof) of one of the H-1B work visa which is the most [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:52-04:00July 19th, 2012|Articles, H-1B, News, Policy|

HR 3012 Developments – Sen. Grassley Proposed Increased H-1B Enforcement In Exchange of Removing Per-Country Green Card Limits

Our office closely monitors developments here in Washington, DC on the proposal to lift the per-country limitations on immigrant visas (green cards). Throughout the past couple of weeks, there have been significant developments on this proposal and we wanted to update our clients and readers. H.R. 3012 Background H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:53-04:00June 28th, 2012|Articles, DOL, Employers, H-1B, News, Policy|

DHS Report on Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrants Residing in the US

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its report on the numbers of unauthorized immigrants residing in the U.S. as of January 2011. The report makes a notable change in the methodology and also takes into consideration the 2010 Census data. The DHS report, perhaps unsurprisingly, indicates that an estimated 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants [...]

By Dimo Michailov|2017-05-20T21:47:59-04:00March 29th, 2012|Articles, News, Policy|

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