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E-2 Treaty Investor Visa Now Available to Citizens of Israel

After years of negotiations between the U.S. and Israeli governments, the E-2 treaty investor visa will be available to Israeli citizens as of May 1, 2019. The E-2 visa is a valuable option which allows entrepreneurs to remain in the U.S. to manage investments they have made in either purchasing or starting a business. The E-2 also allows Israeli companies that have invested in U.S. operations to hire Israeli workers for executive, supervisory, or essential-skills positions. Spouses of E-2 visa holders are eligible to work for any employer in the U.S.

April 23, 2019

Tags: Immigration Law, E-2

USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap for FY 2020

The US Citizenship & Immigration Services has met the H-1B visa cap for both the “regular” quota of 65,000 and the “advanced degree” quota of 20,000 for fiscal year 2020. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap.

The USCIS alert reads as follows:

April 12, 2019

Tags: Immigration Law, H-1B, USCIS

Jennifer Minear Interviewed by National Public Radio

McCandlish Holton director, Jennifer Minear, was recently interviewed by National Public Radio about the impact of the Trump administration’s travel ban on foreign students in the U.S.

July 23, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law

Jennifer Minear Interviewed in Mother Jones

Firm Director Jennifer Minear was recently interviewed in Mother Jones regarding changes in the adjudication of employment-based immigration petitions.

“We had already been seeing upticks in challenges by the government to legitimate petitions, denial of legitimate petitions, and crazy interpretations of the laws”

Read the full article here.

July 18, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law

Jennifer Minear Interviewed in Forbes

Firm Director Jennifer Minear was interviewed in Forbes today regarding the new USCIS policy.

July 11, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law, USCIS, Forbes

Jennifer Minear Lobbied for Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C.

McCandlish Holton Director, Jennifer Minear, serves as second Vice President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). On Thursday, April 12, Jennifer participated in AILA's National Day of Action, lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill for productive immigration reform. She is pictured here with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D) of Maryland and other AILA members.

April 18, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law, Community

H-1B Lottery Completed

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued the following announcement:

April 13, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law, Updates, H-1B

H-1B Quota Reached

The US Citizenship & Immigration Services has reached the H-1B visa cap for both the “regular” quota of 65,000 and the “advanced degree” quota of 20,000 for fiscal year 2019. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap.

April 9, 2018

Tags: Immigration Law, H-1B

US CIS Suspends Premium Processing for H1-B "Cap" Petitions

The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (US CIS) has announced that it is suspending 15 day premium processing for H1-B cap cases filed on April 2, 2018 for the FY 2019 quota year, which commences on October 1, 2018. Note that only H1-B cap cases are unable to premium. H1-B extensions, transfers and cap exempt employers can still file cases using 15 day premium processing. A link to the US CIS announcement is below:

March 21, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law

Administration Backs Off Proposal to Eliminate Extension of H-1B Visas Beyond 6 Year Limit

For weeks, rumors have been circulating that U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) planned to eliminate extensions of stay for H-1B workers beyond the normal 6 year limit. Current law allows H-1B workers to extend their H-1B status beyond the normal 6 year limit if (1) they have an application for permanent residence that has been pending for at least 1 year, or (2) they are unable to complete the green card process because of limited “per country” quotas on green card issuance.

January 12, 2018

Tags: News, Immigration Law

E-2 Treaty Investor Visa Now Available to Citizens of Israel

USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap for FY 2020

Jennifer Minear Interviewed by National Public Radio

Jennifer Minear Interviewed in Mother Jones

Jennifer Minear Interviewed in Forbes

Jennifer Minear Lobbied for Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C.

H-1B Lottery Completed

H-1B Quota Reached

US CIS Suspends Premium Processing for H1-B "Cap" Petitions

Administration Backs Off Proposal to Eliminate Extension of H-1B Visas Beyond 6 Year Limit

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