The H-1B visa is highly sought-after. For several years now, the annual cap of 85,000 has been reach within days of the start of the filing season every April. One way to help employers apply to obtain a cap-exempt H-1B visa is to help them determine if they can be...
The President's budget allocates $15 million to “begin implementation of mandatory nationwide use of the E-Verify Program.” E-Verify is a government web-based system that compares information from the Form I-9 to data from US government databases to confirm the...
The Marks Gray Immigration Team regularly helps employers who qualify for cap-exempt H-1B visas. This month, we are highlighting the success story of a college and a mathematics professor from Ethiopia. The H-1B allows US employers to employ foreign workers in...
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On January 17, 2017, the final Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule entitled “Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers” took effect. The rule amended regulations related to various...
Crystal Broughan, Esq. March 2017 Trademark owners who have multiple products and services listed in a single class may now have to prove that their products or services are actually being used in commerce. The newly published final rule recently issued by the United...
The USCIS announced that it is temporarily suspending premium processing of all I-129 H-1B petitions. The suspension will begin on April 3, 2017, the first business day for filing H-1B cap petitions. USCIS has indicated the suspension may last up to six months....
Due to the new High-Skilled Workers rule that went into effect on January 17, 2017, USCIS is no longer required to adjudicate EADs within ninety days. To help prevent a gap in employment authorization, DHS will grant automatic 180-day EAD extensions in most categories...