Posts in October, 2020

Oct 29 DHS Proposes Rule to Replace H1B Lottery With Wage-Based Selection Process

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to allocate H-1B visa based on wage levels instead of the lottery ...

Oct 28 DHS Aims to Limit Stays for F and J Students and Scholars, Among Other Critical Changes

On September 25, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule to eliminate duration of status (D/S) ...

Oct 23 Parents of 545 Children Split up at Us Border Can’t Be Found

Murray Osorio Senior Attorney Alexandra Ribe was interviewed by TRT World about the approximately 545 children who were separated ...

Oct 07 Department of Labor Changes to Computation of Prevailing Wage Effective October 8, 2020

Department of Labor’s interim final rule (IFR) submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication amends existing ...

Oct 07 USCIS Interim Final Rule Revising Definition of “Specialty Occupation”

An advance copy was made available of a USCIS interim final rule (IFR) that revises the definition of the term “specialty ...

Oct 06 Department of State Announces Making Appointments for H-1B, L-1, H-2B and J-1 Visas

A federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s Proclamation 10052 that suspended ...