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The immigration lawyers at Zneimer & Zneimer learned of a proposed regulations by the Department of Homeland Security to make it easy for enterprising foreign nationals to set up business in the US without the constraints of employer sponsored petitions that limited foreign nationals to an employer specific job and…
Recently addresses in our accident blog, was the issue of DUI checkpoints that disproportionately target minority communities in Chicago’s 22 districts. Intertwined with this issue, though, is a much deeper one, which pro-immigrant activists say suggests possible collusion between Chicago Police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). For undocumented immigrants,…
On September 9, 2015, USCIS announced revised procedures for determining when applicants can file for Adjustment of Status. Currently, a person cannot file for adjustment of status until his or her priority date becomes current. Under the revised guidelines, the USCIS will permit employment-based applicants to file for adjustment of…
Imagine that a company is in engaged in a labor dispute with a union over the conditions of employment. Soon after a tentative agreement is made, but not signed, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sends a subpoena for I-9 forms and notice of inspection. Based on the ICE inspection, the…
The immigration lawyers of Zneimer & Zneimer remind foreign nationals to monitor their passport expiration dates. Many foreign nationals traveling to the United States do not realize that their period of admission is tied to the expiration date of their passports. The general rule is that visitors coming to the…
In a highly-anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court held that “the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right…
The Chicago immigration attorneys at Zneimer & Zneimer P.C., learned that the State Department issued an alert that due to a systems issue affecting global passport operations, “there is currently a delay in the printing of U.S. passports that were approved at overseas passport facilities.” The State Department announced that…
In the non precedential decision In re Grace Estrellado, the Board of Immigration Appeals states that alien may not utilize the priority date form her original I-140 petition because it was withdrawn by her prior employer and the USCIS revoked it. Background The case involved an alien who had an…
In a recent decision the Administrative Appeals Office affirmed the revocation of an H-1B petition where the geographical location of employment had changed triggering a requirement for a new Labor Condition Application. In Matter of Simeo Solutions, LLC, 26 I&N Dec. 542 (AAO 2015), the AAO determined that a change…
The new H-1B fiscal year begins on October 1, 2015, when U.S. employers can add to their workforce up to 65,000 foreign nationals, plus additional 20,000 foreign nationals with a U.S. master’s or higher degree. In addition, any unused H-1B1 numbers from Chile and Singapore will be added to the…