USCIS Is Changing who may qualify for H-1B visa

USCIS is Changing Who May Qualify for H-1B Visa

Ekaterina PowellOctober 13, 2020H-1B Specialty Occupation Visa, h-1b visa, Trump Administration, changes DHS, specialty occupation, employer-employee relationship, nonimmigrant workersComment

Supreme Court Rejects DACA Case for Now

The DACA program will remain in effect past the original March 5th deadline until the matter reaches its legal conclusion.

Ekaterina PowellFebruary 26, 2018Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Supreme Court, The White House, Trump Administration, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Senate, Congress, California, San Francisco, San Diego, Silicon Valley, Business Immigration Attorney, Los AngelesComment

The White House Immigration Framework and its Implications

The White House has released its framework providing a comprehensive DACA fix, but it is combined with a slew of demanded concessions that will prove difficult in finding a foothold within Congress.

Ekaterina PowellJanuary 31, 2018Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Immigration Reform, Border Wall, Trump Administration, Republicans, Democrats, Chain Migration Myth, Diversity Visa Lottery, Familiy-based Immigration, Business Immigration Attorney, San Diego, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Silicon ValleyComment

USCIS Now Issuing H-1B Specialty Occupation RFEs Due to Low Wage Levels

In a startling new trend, USCIS has begun issuing RFEs to H-1B petitions claiming Level 1 and 2 wage levels. What has led to this sudden occurrence, and is there any reasonable justification?

Ekaterina PowellJanuary 15, 2018H-1B Specialty Occupation Visa, Business Immigration Attorney, Requests for Evidence, Trump Administration, Employment-Based Visas, Wage Levels, Job Zones, USCIS, Department of Labor, United States Citizen and Immigration Services, American Immigration Lawyers Association, San Diego, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San FranciscoComment

California: The Golden State Becomes a "Sanctuary State"

Of the emergent issues since the presidential campaign of 2016, the status of so-called sanctuary cities are among some of the most politically volatile. With the coming of 2018, California has taken the next incendiary step of becoming the country's first sanctuary state.

Ekaterina PowellJanuary 2, 2018Sanctuary Cities, Sanctuary State, California, Governor Jerry Brown, immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Trump Administration, DACA, ICE, Immigration Attorney, Business Immigration Attorney, San Diego, Los Angeles, Silicon ValleyComment

Know Your Rights: Dealing with ICE

"Felons, not families," were words once used to describe America's platform confronting undocumented immigrants. Now it seems that just about anyone may be targeted. That is why, if you are a vulnerable immigrant within this nation, it is absolutely essential that you know your rights should you ever find yourself in a fateful encounter with ICE.

Ekaterina PowellDecember 28, 2017Trump Administration, ICE, Immigration, Immigration Attorney, Rights, Undocumented Immigrants, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San DiegoComment

Judge Overturns DHS Delay of International Entrepreneur Rule

Much to the joy of the business and technological community at large, the courts have now intervened in the Department of Homeland Security's delay of the International Entrepreneur Rule, a new procedure that will allow numerous foreign entrepreneurs to introduce innovation and economic opportunity to the U.S.

business immigrationEkaterina PowellDecember 5, 2017District Court, Department of Homeland Security, Trump Administration, International Entrepreneur Rule, Business Immigration Attorney, San Diego, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, startup immigration, parole for entrepreneurs, EB-6Comment

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