Monique Kornfeld, Immigration Services

03/20/2018

The April 2018 Visa Bulletin shows a final action date of January 1, 2012, for the EB-1 category for India and China. If demand slackens, it could become current again in the late summer. Immigrants should be checking the Visa Bulletin monthly and can have the Bulletin emailed to them if they sign up online.

03/15/2018

I just posted a blog on the US Department of State's Visa Bulletin for April 2018, which determines availability for immigrant visa (green card) numbers. The EB1 category for China and India will backlog to January 1, 2012.

03/05/2018

A federal court in CA blocked the Trump Administration's revocation of DACA grants based on unproven allegations or minor offenses that do not affect eligibility for DACA. The court also ordered the government to reinstate the those whose DACA status was unlawfully revoked.

03/02/2018

The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) published a report indicating that it intends to remove from its regulations eligibility for employment authorization for H-4 spouses (whose spouses have approved 140s) by June 2018. These H4 spouses should consider being sponsored for an H-1B cap case for April 1st.

03/01/2018

I just obtained an L-1A intracompany petition approval in record time and without a request for evidence. for an internationally-recognized auto conglomerate. I am extensively preparing my H-1B cap cases so that they can go as smoothly.

02/11/2018

Please see my most recent blog on my mother, a chain immigrant of whom I am very proud.

My mother is a chain immigrant. She is not a terrorist, criminal, drug trafficker, ra**st or murderer. She would give you the clothes off her back.

01/04/2018

USCIS issued a memo on L-1 intracompany transferee petitions clarifying that a proxy vote must be irrevocable to establish the requisite control of a company in an L-1 visa petition. See my blog at https://www.mhkimmigration.com/mhkblog/.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an updated policy guidance on January 3, 2018, clarifying that a proxy vote must be irrevocable to establish the requisite control of a company in an L-1 visa petition.

12/25/2017

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03/27/2017

New post added at Trump's Tougher Visa Screening Rules - http://www.mhkimmigration.com/mhkblog/trumps-tougher-visa-screening-rules/

According to the NY Times, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has sent four diplomatic cables to consular posts abroad instructing them to increase scrutiny for some visa applicants, implementing a memo that President Donald Trump signed along with his revised travel ban executive order. This increa...

03/24/2017

New post added at Delay in Processing of H4/EADs Filed with H-1Bs via Premium Processing - http://www.mhkimmigration.com/mhkblog/delay-in-processing-of-h4eads-filed-with-h-1bs-via-premium-processing/

The Nebraska Service Center of USCIS has announced that there will be delays in processing Form I-539s requesting an extension of H-4 status and I-765s requesting the employment authorization document (EAD) filed concurrently with the H-1B spouse's extension petition through premium processing. The...

03/21/2017

New post added at Federal Judge Upholds H-1B Visa Lottery Program - http://www.mhkimmigration.com/mhkblog/federal-judge-upholds-h-1b-visa-lottery-program/

A federal district court in Oregon upheld USCIS's randomized computer lottery system for H-1B visas. It rejected arguments by the class-action plaintiffs that the lottery system violates immigration law by not providing a waiting list.

In addition to a waiting list, some have proposed a weighted...