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Work Authorization
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Immigration Blog
Update on Suit Over Government Delays in Adjudicating Approval of H-4, L-2 Visa Extensions
By Minnie Fu
In Washington federal court, H-4 and L-2 spouses are continuing their fight to end the delays in approving visa extensions and work authorization – some of which are taking over…
Immigration Insights and Issues (III)
USCIS June Policy Alert Trio Provides Some Love to Beleaguered Applicants
On June 9, the Office of the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued three Policy Alerts (PAs), which continue a trend by USCIS to insert (hopefully)…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
Litigation Over H-4 EAD Rule Progresses
By Peter A Reca
Although the Biden Administration has taken steps to maintain H-4 EADs for spouses of highly skilled H-1B workers, the program is still in jeopardy. Now, the Biden Administration is representing…
Immigration Blog
Litigation Over H-4 EAD Rule Progresses
Although the Biden Administration has taken steps to maintain H-4 EADs for spouses of highly skilled H-1B workers, the program is still in jeopardy. Now, the Biden Administration is representing…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
USCIS to Suspend Biometrics Requirements for Certain Visa Applications
By Yuchen Zhang
USCIS expects to suspend biometrics requirements for H-4, L-2 and E-1, E-2, and E-3 Form I-539 applications beginning May 17, 2021, for at least 24 months. It will retain the…
Through The Immigration Lens
Let L-2 and E Spouses Work without an Employment Authorization Document
By: Angelo A. Paparelli Seyfarth Synopsis: This is the second installment in a series of recommendations to the Biden Administration on immigration reform previously published by the Cato Institute in “Deregulating…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Applications for Employment Authorization Now Online for Students; Biden Reaches Deal To Stem Immigration at Border; Central American Countries Agree to Anti-Corruption Plan
F-1 Students Seeking Employment Authorization Can File Online On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training – more commonly…
The Insightful Immigration Blog
Coping with Delays Facing H-4 and L-2 Spouses
By Cyrus Mehta
By Cyrus D. Mehta & Isabel Rajabzadeh* In March 2019, the Trump administration implemented a new biometrics requirement for some employment-based and nonimmigrant dependents. H-4 and L-2 dependents must complete…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
H-1B Registration Not Selected? Here are Other Options for Seeking Temporary Employment Authorization
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has just closed its annual H-1B registration, and employers are anxiously awaiting news on whether…
The Mobile Workforce
Singapore Removes LOC for Accompanying Spouses
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower ("MoM") recently announced additional revisions to the dependent pass legal framework. Starting May 1, 2021, dependent pass ("DP") holders will no longer be able to rely…