The Supreme Court’s ruling in U.S. v. Windsor (2013), guarantees same-sex couples the same immigration benefits as heterosexual couples. However, recently, some same-sex couples have been facing hurdles in securing citizenship for their children. James Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg, both American citizens, are a married same-sex couple and on May 21, 2019, they received […]
H-1B denial rates have been on the rise. In FY 2016, the denial rate of initial H-1B petitions was 10%, it reached 13% in FY 2017, 24% in FY 2018, and 32% in FY 2019. Two complaints over the past couple of weeks show how some petitioners are dealing with what they believe to be […]
On May 29, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the introduction of Electronic Secured Adjudication Forms Environment (e-SAFE). e-SAFE is a new online system that will allow for the electronic filing of Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Nonimmigrant. Form I-192 is used by individuals who are deemed inadmissible (i.e. […]
On May 13, 2019, U.S. Attorney Ryan L. Patrick; Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; and District Director Tony Bryson of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that 50 people were in custody for participating in a large-scale marriage fraud scheme. The marriage fraud scheme was one […]