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Month: January 2018

Attorney General Sessions Rescinds 25 Guidance Documents

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-rescinds-25-guidance-documents December 21, 2017, Department Of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that, pursuant to Executive Order 13777 and his November memorandum prohibiting certain guidance documents, he rescinds 25 documents, he states are unnecessary, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper. The list of 25 guidance documents that DOJ has withdrawn in 2017 is as follows: ATF Procedure 75-4.

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DOL H2B Applications Exceed Visa Availability 2018

DOL announced a change in the H2B processing because on January 1, 2018 the number of H2B applications exceeded the number of H2B visas available. https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/news.cfm On January 1, 2018, the earliest date on which an employer seeking an employment start date of April 1 through September 30, 2018, OFLC received approximately 4,500 applications covering more than 81,600 worker positions.

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Re-Registration Period Now Open for Haitians with Temporary Protected Status

Employment Authorization for Haitians with TPS Automatically Extended Until July 21, 2018 WASHINGTON-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Haiti’s designation who want to maintain that status through the program’s termination date of July 22, 2019, must re-register between Jan. 18, 2018, and March 19, 2018. Re-registration procedures, including how

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USCIS Announces Countries Eligible for the H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs

USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, have published the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to receive H-2A and H‑2B visas in 2018. The notice listing the eligible countries was published on Jan. 18, 2018, in the Federal Register. For 2018, Secretary of Homeland Security Nielsen and Secretary of State

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Re-Registration Period Now Open for Salvadorans with Temporary Protected Status

WASHINGTON-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under El Salvador’s designation who want to maintain their status through the effective termination date of Sept. 9, 2019, must re-register between Jan. 18, 2018, and March 19, 2018. Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documents, have been published in the Federal

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DHS Appeals District Court’s Order to Continue DACA Extension

DACA Extensions Are Not Secure In Filing. Any extensions possible should file as soon as possible. DHS Appeals District Court’s Order to Continue DACA Extensions UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY and KIRSTJEN M. NIELSEN, in her official capacity as the Secretary of Homeland Security filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit seeking review of the district court’s

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H1B Level 1 Wage Visa Application Warning

We have received reports of H1B Level 1 Wage Petition Approvals being revoked. Further, we have received reports of H1B Level 1 Wage Visa Applications being denied, returned to USCIS for revocation, and administrative processing. Please consider your travel plans carefully. We at Litwin & Smith represent employers in most of the various industries represented around the Bay Area with

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Trump Is Thumping H1B Filings

Trump Thumping of H1B Filings Expected to Continue USCIS data indicates 2018 H-1B Cap denials were up! The FY 2019 H-1B cap-subject quota season will open on April 1, 2018, with filings between April 2 -6, 2018. It’s in the news. Changes to H1B adjudications under President Trump Thumping including: “Buy American and Hire American” Executive Order and the 2017

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DACA Extensions Are Back!

Jan. 13, 2018, Update: Due to a federal court order, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance, the DACA policy will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded on Sept. 5, 2017. If you previously received DACA and your

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The USCIS London Field Office Is Moving

We’re resending this message to correct the link to the London Field Office on our website. The USCIS London Field Office in the United Kingdom is moving to the new U.S. Embassy facility in the Nine Elms area of London. The last day that USCIS will provide services at our Grosvenor Square facility will be January 10. Anyone who has

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