On Monday, August 9, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that applicants filing for permanent resident status may also apply for a Social Security number or replacement card as part of their...more
On April 12, 2021 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that F-1 students seeking optional practical training (OPT) can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online if they are...more
On October 5, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced a 10 federal government working day period in which employers will need to take action within E-Verify on Tentative Non-confirmations (“TNCs”)...more
As we noted in a recent post, on August 21st, on August 18, 2020 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that as a result of EAD (“employment authorization...more
On July 23, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is lifting its suspension of Trusted Traveler enrollment eligibility for New York residents, effective immediately. Trusted Traveler programs include...more
As previously reported by Mintz, last week the U.S. Supreme Court upheld three lower court rulings, holding that President Trump’s 2017 move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful...more
6/23/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Citizenship ,
DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security v Regents of the University of California ,
Educational Institutions ,
Path To Citizenship ,
Rescission ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v NAACP ,
Wolf v Vidal ,
Work Permits
On May 29, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of certain Chinese F-1 and J-1 foreign students and exchange visitors who have ties to Chinese institutions that support the People’s Republic of...more
On March 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a concurrent order that together closed both the Northern and Southern...more
On Monday night, April 20th, President Trump ignited fierce speculation after he tweeted that he would be issuing an Executive Order to suspend immigration to the U.S. to protect American jobs in light of the COVID-19-related...more
Further to our legal alerts on this topic, on February 10, 2020, New York State filed a federal court lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a directorate within DHS...more
Last week, in a historic decision on travelers’ rights to privacy at the U.S. border, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston ruled that suspicionless searches at U.S. ports of entry (airports and border crossings)...more
11/20/2019
/ Border Searches ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Forensic Examination ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Reasonable Suspicion ,
Travelers ,
Warrantless Searches
On August 9, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that over the course of the coming year it will shutter all but 7 of its 23 international offices. Offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Nairobi, New...more
Yesterday July 11, 2019, the Department of State (DOS) disappointed a lot of people when it published its August, 2019 Visa Bulletin. In this most recent Visa Bulletin, DOS announced that the 2nd and 3rd preference...more
On June 1, 2019 the Department of State (DOS) announced that it would immediately begin requiring visa applicants to the United States to provide additional personal information on U.S. visa applications, including social...more
The L-1 visa regulations mandate to employers that they must file an amended L-1 visa petition: to reflect changes in approved relationships; additional qualifying organizations under a blanket petition; change in capacity...more
In this five-part series, we highlight three important USCIS policy changes and provide eight best practice tips in light of the ever-tightening U.S. immigration environment. This is the fifth and final installment in the...more
In this five-part series, we highlight three important USCIS policy changes and provide eight best practice tips in light of the ever-tightening U.S. immigration environment. This is the fourth installment in the...more
In this five-part series, we highlight three important USCIS policy changes and provide eight best practice tips in light of the ever-tightening U.S. immigration environment. This is the third installment in the...more
In this five-part series, we highlight three important USCIS policy changes and provide eight best practice tips in light of the ever-tightening U.S. immigration environment. This is the second installment in the series...more
In this five-part series, we highlight three important USCIS policy changes and provide eight best practice tips in light of the ever-tightening U.S. immigration environment. This is the first installment in the series. ...more
The tilt in this Administration towards harsh immigration measures is well known because of high profile moves like the travel bans and the separation and incarceration of parents and young children from Central America who...more
On March 26, 2018, Massachusetts adopted a new system for driver’s licenses and identification (Mass ID) cards to comply with the REAL ID federal standards.
Massachusetts residents now have two options for their driver’s...more
4/6/2018
/ Asylum ,
Citizenship ,
Driver's Licenses ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Passports ,
Popular ,
REAL IDs ,
State and Local Government ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Travel ,
USCIS
On December 1, 2017 Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in its challenge to a regulation published by the...more
On December 1, 2017 Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in its challenge to a regulation published by the...more
Letter from the Editors -
Words are very powerful and the language we use often frames a discussion. For example, the term “shareholder activist” sounds like a consumer friendly person who has everyone’s best interests at...more