Ian D. Wagreich on Business Immigration and Compliance

02/01/2025

I had an in depth conversation with Andy Medici of The Playbook and The Business Journals on what employers can do to protect themselves in times of increased enforcement.

Business owners unfamiliar with immigration officials knocking on their door should take time to prepare now.

11/28/2023

In January, the Department of State is launching a pilot program to allow a limited number of individuals in status to renew their visa stamps from within the U.S.

A limited number of H-1B specialty occupation workers will be able to renew their visas in the US as soon as January, State Department officials announced.

03/09/2023

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01/27/2023

USCIS has announced that the initial cap registration period will open at noon on March 1, 2023, and they will continue to accept registrations until noon on March 17th. Employers will be able to create new "registrant" accounts beginning at noon Eastern on Feb. 21st.

Please feel free to contact me for details.

Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 17, 2023.

01/16/2023

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice." Dr. Martin Luther King, Stride Towards Freedom, 1957

10/11/2022

We are very pleased that this year's Labor & Employment Seminar will be held in-person in Hoffman Estates. Please sign up to get all of your Labor & Employment updates, including our ever-popular Immigration Law updates where we will talk about the year that was, and gaze into our crystal ball at the year to be. Then, be sure to bend our ears with your vexing issues at the "Advice on Tap" session to wrap up the seminar.

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05/24/2022

USCIS announced today that they are implementing premium processing for certain previously filed EB-1 and EB-2 immigrant petitions. The expansion only applies to certainly previously filed applications, and has not yet been implemented for new filings.

For Multinational Manager (E13) I-140s received on or before January 1, 2021, USCIS will start accepting premium processing requests on June 1, 2022.

For Multinational Manager (E13) I-140s received on or before March 1, 2021, USCIS will start accepting premium processing requests on July 1, 2022.

For National Interest Waiver Petitions (E21) received on or before June 1, 2021, USCIS will start accepting premium processing requests on July 1, 2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications.

10/15/2021

The U.S. is opening its borders to vaccinated travelers on November 8. We are still waiting for the exact language of the new travel restrictions from the government, but this is welcome news.

The U.S. will open its borders to vaccinated foreigners on Nov. 8, a White House official said, granting access to millions of people who have been shut out of the country while closing it off to anyone who hasn’t had their shots.

09/16/2021

Big news as a federal court has blocked the Title 42 ban and granted class certification for families seeking . The order has been stayed for 14 days to permit US appeal.

09/16/2021

The wage-based -1B lottery rule has been vacated and remanded it to DHS because then-Secretary Chad Wolf's appointment was unlawful. The rule reverts to the random H-1B lottery.

07/15/2021

Some good news as Matter of Castro Tum is no more. Some level of discretion has been returned to Immigration Judges and they will be better able to control their docket.

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued an opinion Thursday recognizing the ability of immigration judges to administratively close a removal proceeding, which effectively removes a deportation case from the docket without technically disposing of the case.

07/06/2021

The Department of State has announced that they are automatically extending the validity of National Interest Exemptions (NIEs) for Travelers from China, Iran, Brazil, South Africa, the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and India. Unless otherwise indicated, the validity of previously issued NIEs will be valid for 12 months from the date of approval and will also be valid for multiple entries.

The full text of the announcement can be found at

Meeting between the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Department of State Liaison Committee and the Visa Office of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs