July 2016 Global Immigration Update
Feature Article REFUGEES AND RELATED BENEFITS: AN OVERVIEW – This article provides an overview of recent developments with respect to refugees and the benefits granted to them. Country Updates: BELGIUM – This article summarizes details on work permit exemptions, related to technical work, for foreign employees in Belgium. CANADA – Several developments have been announced. […]
July 2016 Immigration Update
Headlines: Split Supreme Court Decision Blocks DAPA – In U.S. v. Texas, the Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that block the Obama administration’s plan to allow approximately 4 million parents of U.S. citizen children to remain in the United States and obtain work authorization. USCIS Celebrates SAVE’s 30th Anniversary, Launches Redesigned Website – […]
Mid-June 2016 Immigration Update
HeadlInes: House Holds Hearing on H-2B Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) noted, among other things, that according to USCIS statistics, as of June 2, 2016, the agency had already approved petitions for 12,727 returning H-2B workers, “with 1,171 potential additional returning workers in the pipeline.” State Dept. Releases DV-2017 Results – […]
June 2016 Immigration Update
Headlines: USCIS, DOS Launch e-Approval for H-2A Petitions –USCIS and DOS announced the launch of e-Approval for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, for the H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) classification. USCIS Will Now Use Pre-Paid Mailers To Send H-2A Receipt Notices – Coinciding with the launch of e-Approval, USCIS has begun using pre-paid mailers […]
Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners Ranked in 2016 Chambers & Partners USA Guide
Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC announces that it has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners USA Guide. Among New York firms in the Immigration field, the firm ranked in Band 2. The firm’s founder and managing partner, Cyrus D. Mehta, was for the second year in a row ranked among “Star Individuals” in […]
Mid-May 2016 Immigration Update
Headlines: USCIS Proposes Fee Increases, New Fee for Annual Certification of EB-5 Regional Centers – Among other things, USCIS proposes a new fee of $3,035 to recover the full cost of processing the EB-5 Annual Certification of Regional Center, Form I-924A. USCIS Completes Data Entry of FY 2017 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions, Begins Rejections – USCIS […]
