Topics Access to Counsel USCIS Take Notice: Here's How to Revise Form G-28 (Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney)Let's Not Kill All the Lawyers -- Removing Barriers to Effective Legal Representation in Immigration Matters Adjustment of Status Weed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis TradeAn Immigration Opportunity Lost: USCIS Stiffens on Job Flexibility Administrative Appeals Office - USCIS Looking Back -- Not Much Immigration Solace from ObamaImmigration Voices: Coming out of the Shadows with the U Visa Administrative Procedure Act Immigration Rush to Judgment - No Good Cause for New H-1B Rules in a HurryPursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Advance Parole Travel Authorization Immigration Flippancy: USCIS Impedes Travel Abroad for No Good ReasonVenture Capitalists and Immigration Proponents Likely Disappointed by USCIS Proposed Entrepreneurial Parolee Rule Asylum Immigration Voices - Careen Shannon: "Edward Snowden and the Politics of Asylum" B-1 Visas Navigating US entry as a business traveler: What you should knowA New Path Forward for U.S. Immigration Policy: Let's Welcome Digital Nomads B-2 visas A New Path Forward for U.S. Immigration Policy: Let's Welcome Digital Nomads Biden Administration Immigration Policies A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report Employment Law ViolationsWhat's Up With USCIS? -- An Oops, Yet Still A Promising Start Biden Administration on immigration Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program?"Imagine" the Improbable: John Lennon, the Supreme Court, and the Resurrection of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases Biden-Harris Administration on Immigration A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report Employment Law ViolationsOops No More, USCIS Border Issues & CBP Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansLooking Back -- Not Much Immigration Solace from Obama Border Security Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansPursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Business Visitors Navigating US entry as a business traveler: What you should knowFour Post-Infosys Strategies for Corporate Customers and Consultants to Minimize Immigration Risks California Immigration Law California Can Revive the Immigrant Worker Protection Act by Challenging the Authority of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ “FDNS” Enforcement OfficersFrom the Jails to the Streets, Courthouses and Worksites: California Takes on the Federal Immigration Police Citizenship and Nationality Weed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis TradeImmigration Voices - Careen Shannon: "Stop the Birther Nonsense Now" Citizenship status discrimination Beware the Employer Risks Nesting in President Biden’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Congress on Immigration Podcast-Pontificating on US Employment-Based ImmigrationAmerica is Losing on Business Immigration Constitutional Law The Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous SongThe Long-Lived 'Con Job' - Structural Injustice in the Immigration 'Courts' Consular Officers Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansWeed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis Trade Courts on Immigration Law Immigration Rush to Judgment - No Good Cause for New H-1B Rules in a HurryLitigation Victories Force USCIS to Rescind Restrictive H-1B Memoranda ~ Agency Also Offers Unclear Guidance on H-1B “Nonproductive” Status Customs and Border Protection Navigating US entry as a business traveler: What you should knowWeed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis Trade Democrats on Immigration Planning for post-election immigration outcomes in a Harris-Walz v. Trump-Vance presidential raceOutspoken Changemaker in a Convoluted Maze Deportation - Removal Weed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis TradeTargeted ICE Investigations ~ in it for the Long Haul with Record $95 Million Plea Deal for I-9 Violations DHS Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program?A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report Employment Law Violations DHS Technology Reforms Immigration on a Clean Slate: Game-Changing Proposals on Visa ModernizationThe New I-9: Why Now When We Need Immigration Amnesty for Employers? DOL Immigration Lollygagging ~ It's Time for DOL to Act Quickly and Amend the Schedule A PERM ExemptionWorrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program? DREAM Act INSIGHT: Legal Immigration Can Help Revive the Economy—If We Let ItIf Immigration Law Were a Person It Would Sing: "Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" DV Lottery Immigration by Chance -- Save the DV Green Card Lottery E-Verify Immigration Triangulation -- Another Dysfunctional Government PolicyImmigration Voices: "E-Verify's New Lock ~ Like it or Not, This is a Big Deal!" EB-5 The Known and Unknown Future of the EB-5 Immigrant Investment Program at USCIS and the USCIS OmbudsmanSoothsayings on Changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investment Program Employment-Based Immigration Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program?Pursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Enforcement/DOL A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report Employment Law ViolationsLitigation Victories Force USCIS to Rescind Restrictive H-1B Memoranda ~ Agency Also Offers Unclear Guidance on H-1B “Nonproductive” Status Enforcement/USICE Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program?A Snitch in Time Saves How Many? – Incentivizing Noncitizens to Report Employment Law Violations Extraordinary Ability The Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous SongImmigration Voices: Dr. No vs. the League of Extraordinary Aliens Extreme Hardship Immigration Law -- Moving away from Individual RightsFaint Immigration Praise Family Immigration Immigration Voices: Coming out of the Shadows with the U VisaThe Immigration Pony in Eric Cantor's Defeat Foreign policy Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansPursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Fraud Detection & National Security (FDNS) Worrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program?Big-Picture, Clean-Slate Immigration Reforms for the Biden-Harris Administration General Memo to GCs: If Ever There Is a Time for Immigration Portfolio Management, It's Now.Guest Post: The New Immigration Reality for O-1 Visa Petitions by Agents General Immigration Outspoken Changemaker in a Convoluted MazeWhat's Up With USCIS? -- An Oops, Yet Still A Promising Start Global Migration The top five questions buyers of high-volume immigration legal services should ask their immigration lawyersWhy? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry Bans GOP on Immigration Planning for post-election immigration outcomes in a Harris-Walz v. Trump-Vance presidential raceOutspoken Changemaker in a Convoluted Maze Guest Columns Navigating US entry as a business traveler: What you should knowWhat Disclaimer? ~ USCIS Ignores Labor Department Warning That the Occupational Outlook Handbook Never Be Used for Legal Purposes H-1B Visas Podcast-Pontificating on US Employment-Based ImmigrationWorrisome Waiting: How Will USCIS "Modernize" the H-1B Visa Program? H-2B Visas Pursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s ErrandThe Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous Song Hate speech No Longer Illegal, But Still An AlienArcing toward Immigration Justice: "Illegals" No More Homeland Security Weed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis TradeImmigration Haunting: Social Security Administration Resumes Issuing No-Match Notices I-9s Litigation Victories Force USCIS to Rescind Restrictive H-1B Memoranda ~ Agency Also Offers Unclear Guidance on H-1B “Nonproductive” StatusThe Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous Song IMMI Awards The Immigration Year in Review: The 2014 IMMI AwardsThe 2013 Nation of Immigrators Awards - The IMMIs Are Announced Immigrant and Employee Rights (IER) Beware the Employer Risks Nesting in President Biden’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Immigrant Visas Your Days Are Numbered -- Practicing Arithmophobic Immigration LawTips from an Immigration Insider: How to Excel at a U.S. Visa Interview Immigration "Tribes" If Immigration Law Were a Person It Would Sing: "Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"USCIS, America's Immigration Cutcherry, Adopts New Procedures as the Boss Readies for a Move Upstairs Immigration Agency Expertise An Immigration Opportunity Lost: USCIS Stiffens on Job FlexibilityThe Xenophobes Can't Kill Immigration Reform - But What Should CIR Supporters Do Now? Immigration and Entrepreneurship Pursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s ErrandINSIGHT: Legal Immigration Can Help Revive the Economy—If We Let It Immigration and Journalism No Longer Illegal, But Still An AlienArcing toward Immigration Justice: "Illegals" No More Immigration and the Arts Guest Blog: "Objection! (To Wearing Suits, Growing Up, and Immigration Law in TV and Film)"Rethinking Immigration: If America Will Welcome More Entrepreneurs, Why Not More Creatives? Immigration Courts Tipping the Scales of Immigration JusticeBig-Picture, Clean-Slate Immigration Reforms for the Biden-Harris Administration Immigration Discrimination Immigration Haunting: Social Security Administration Resumes Issuing No-Match NoticesRevanchist Immigration: The Aftermath of “Buy American, Hire American” Immigration Filing Fees Pound Wise, Penny Foolish ~ Federal Court Affirms Employer Choice of Immigration Filing Fees Immigration Humor Your Days Are Numbered -- Practicing Arithmophobic Immigration LawThe 2013 Nation of Immigrators Awards - The IMMIs Are Announced Immigration Law Complexity A New Era in Immigration Law Practice -- at Least for This BloggerBig-Picture, Clean-Slate Immigration Reforms for the Biden-Harris Administration Immigration Law Practice Telling My Story -- the Birth of An Immigration LawyerA New Era in Immigration Law Practice -- at Least for This Blogger Immigration Lawyers Forever Wary of the Ides of MarchThe top five questions buyers of high-volume immigration legal services should ask their immigration lawyers Immigration Memories Podcast-Pontificating on US Employment-Based ImmigrationForever Wary of the Ides of March Immigration Mergers and Acquisitions No Whine before its Time: USCIS Recognizes Immigration Successorship in Interest for Multinational Executives and Managers Immigration Portfolio Management The top five questions buyers of high-volume immigration legal services should ask their immigration lawyersA New Era in Immigration Law Practice -- at Least for This Blogger Immigration Protectionism Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansPursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Immigration Quotas Memo to GCs: If Ever There Is a Time for Immigration Portfolio Management, It's Now.Oh What a Tangled Immigration Web We Weave: A Knotty Future For the H-2B Program Immigration Reform A New Path Forward for U.S. Immigration Policy: Let's Welcome Digital NomadsPlanning for post-election immigration outcomes in a Harris-Walz v. Trump-Vance presidential race Immigration Regulations "Imagine" the Improbable: John Lennon, the Supreme Court, and the Resurrection of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration CasesBig-Picture, Clean-Slate Immigration Reforms for the Biden-Harris Administration Immigration Successor in Interest No Whine before its Time: USCIS Recognizes Immigration Successorship in Interest for Multinational Executives and Managers Immigration terminology Parole-in-Place -- The Immigration PIPsqueak That Could Help Solve the Biggest Obstacle to Comprehensive ReformThe Immigration-Abandonment Ploy -- Fallout from a Fiddling Congress and Bickering Allies International Entrepreneurs Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansPursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Investor Immigration Soothsayings on Changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investment ProgramEyes off the Prize: White House Oblivious to Immigration Bureaucrats' Running out the Clock L-1 Visa Why? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry BansPursuing a National Interest Exception to the Presidential Entry Bans on Economic Grounds ~ Not A Fool’s Errand Labor Unions Immigration Triangulation -- Another Dysfunctional Government PolicyThe Immigration Scandal at DHS -- Just as Bad as at IRS Legal Representation “Sue the miscreants!” – Challenging Unjust Work-Visa and Green-Card Denials with Flood-the-Zone and Head-Fake Immigration StrategiesImmigration on a Clean Slate: Game-Changing Proposals on Visa Modernization Letters to USCIS Ombudsman An Immigration Opportunity Lost: USCIS Stiffens on Job FlexibilityExecutive Craftsmanship: Job Creation through Existing Immigration Laws Media Center International Education Conference Podcast – Chapter 3International Education Conference Podcast - Chapter 2 Mexico If Immigration Law Were a Person It Would Sing: "Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"Stop the Immigration Profiling MOUs - Memoranda of Understanding AB 450: California’s Law of Unintended Immigration Consequences10 Immigration Predictions: The Foreseeable Consequences of the Supreme Court's Arizona E-Verify Decision National ID card Immigration Voices: "E-Verify's New Lock ~ Like it or Not, This is a Big Deal!" No-Match Notices Immigration Haunting: Social Security Administration Resumes Issuing No-Match Notices O-1 Visas The Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous SongImmigration Voices: Dr. No vs. the League of Extraordinary Aliens Obama Administration on Immigration Trump Administration Should Offer Better Immigration Options for Entrepreneurs -- Don't Throw out the Entrepreneurial Baby, with the Parole BathwaterLooking Back -- Not Much Immigration Solace from Obama P Visas The Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous SongTips from an Immigration Insider: How to Excel at a U.S. Visa Interview Parole-in-Place Parole-in-Place -- The Immigration PIPsqueak That Could Help Solve the Biggest Obstacle to Comprehensive Reform Pro Bono Legal Services Why Are Immigration Lawyers So Happy? Removal Proceedings Looking Back -- Not Much Immigration Solace from ObamaParole-in-Place -- The Immigration PIPsqueak That Could Help Solve the Biggest Obstacle to Comprehensive Reform Requests for Evidence (RFEs) Immigration "Fire on the Ground" -- What's Next for the L-1B Visa?Immigration Voices: Dr. No vs. the League of Extraordinary Aliens Schedule A Immigration Lollygagging ~ It's Time for DOL to Act Quickly and Amend the Schedule A PERM Exemption spousal EADs Where is the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director? State Department Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda and the Role of Stateside Visa ReissuanceWhy? Oh My! ~ State Department Makes It Harder for Travelers from the Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland to Receive National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) under Pandemic-Based Visa and Entry Bans State Immigration Laws Immigration Voices: Baring My Teeth at I-9 Enforcement InequalitiesImmigration Triangulation -- Another Dysfunctional Government Policy Trade in Services An Immigration Opportunity Lost: USCIS Stiffens on Job FlexibilityImmigration Triangulation -- Another Dysfunctional Government Policy Trump Administration on Immigration Podcast-Pontificating on US Employment-Based ImmigrationUnexpected hurdles: The ripple effects of President Trump's Executive Orders on legal immigration Trump Immigration Policies Podcast-Pontificating on US Employment-Based ImmigrationUnexpected hurdles: The ripple effects of President Trump's Executive Orders on legal immigration U visa Immigration Voices: Coming out of the Shadows with the U Visa Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law Prosecutors, Aim Your Weapons -- Targeting Fraud upon ImmigrantsImmigration D-Day for DACA: Get Protection! Uncategorized The top five questions buyers of high-volume immigration legal services should ask their immigration lawyersThe Trump Administration Releases a New Hymnal to Curb the Administrative State ~ Immigration Lawyers Erupt in Rapturous Song Unlawful Presence Parole-in-Place -- The Immigration PIPsqueak That Could Help Solve the Biggest Obstacle to Comprehensive ReformThe Immigration-Abandonment Ploy -- Fallout from a Fiddling Congress and Bickering Allies USCIS USCIS Springs Stormy Weather on Employers Sponsoring Noncitizen WorkersUSCIS Take Notice: Here's How to Revise Form G-28 (Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney) USCIS Ombudsman The Known and Unknown Future of the EB-5 Immigrant Investment Program at USCIS and the USCIS OmbudsmanImmigration Voices: Dr. No vs. the League of Extraordinary Aliens VAWA - Violence against Women Act Immigration on a Clean Slate: Game-Changing Proposals on Visa ModernizationHouse GOP Says Immigrant Suffering Hurts Less Than Citizen Suffering Visa Waiver Visitors and ESTA Navigating US entry as a business traveler: What you should knowA New Path Forward for U.S. Immigration Policy: Let's Welcome Digital Nomads Visas Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda and the Role of Stateside Visa Reissuance Visitor visas Navigating US entry as a business traveler: What you should knowA New Path Forward for U.S. Immigration Policy: Let's Welcome Digital Nomads Waivers of Inadmissibility Weed and Worry -- The Immigration Consequences of Engaging in the Cannabis TradeThe Immigration-Abandonment Ploy -- Fallout from a Fiddling Congress and Bickering Allies