New York City Immigration Law Blog
The Impact of EB-5 Foreign Investment on the US Economy
The Immigrant Investor Program, also known as "EB-5," has become an increasingly important source of investment for development projects in the United States, attracting billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and creating tens of thousands of jobs in the United...
The Impact Of Immigrants On US Innovation In US Information Technology, Science, & Engineering For Decades
We, at Emandi Law Firm want to highlight the impact of high skilled immigrants and nonimmigrants in the fields of information technology, engineering, and science for the past three decades as ushered in by the H-1B visa's introduction to the United States. Certain...
USCIS’ Discretion to Consider Extraordinary Circumstances During the Pandemic for H-1B and other Nonimmigrant Workers
We, at Emandi Law Firm, bring you suggestions for uncovering valuable evidence of "extraordinary circumstances" during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond for submission to USCIS in support of an H-1B petition or other nonimmigrant petition for a foreign worker filed...
Premium Processing: USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced this week that it will resume premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, in phases over the month of June. Hence Employers have to make...
USCIS Employees to Face Furloughs, Without Emergency Funds
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency responsible for visa and asylum processing, is expected to furlough part of its workforce this summer if Congress doesn't provide emergency funding to sustain operations during the coronavirus pandemic....
US Doctors On H1B Allowed To Practice Telemedicine
In the ongoing battle against coronavirus, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has given permission for H1B visa holding doctors to practice telemedicine. The decision comes amid surging demand for healthcare professionals during the pandemic...