The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted DHS’s motion for limited relief from the court’s August 12, 2015 order, and ordered that vacatur of the 17-month STEM OPT extension be further stayed from its original deadline of February 12, 2016 for additional 90 days. The DHS now has until May 10, 2016 […]
Read More又到了一年中紧张的H1B申请季。H1B申请人常常很关心雇主以往申请过或者没申请过H1B是否对于自己当前的案件有影响。 有的申请人紧张自己的雇主从来没申请过H1B是否有影响；有的申请人紧张自己的雇主申请过好几个人是否有影响；也有的申请人关心雇主以前提交过的H1B申请曾被拒是否对自己有影响；或者好奇雇主[…]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the visa bulletin for February 2016. Below is a copy of the visa bulletin for the employment-based category and a summary of the changes. I. Application Final Action Dates For Employment-Based Preference Cases Note: USCIS designated these dates as applicable for adjustment of status (I-485) within U.S. Employment- Based All Chargeability […]
Read MoreThe recent omnibus budget bill made several changes to the immigration law. The EB5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program was extended to September 30, 2016. This was the program’s second extension in 2015. The program was previously due to expire on September 30, 2015, and it was extended until December 11, 2015.Lawmakers proposed several changes, including […]
Read More2015年，美国移民局出台了诸多新政策。有的已经实施，有的仍在审议。在过去的2015年，宋和孟律师事务所（Song & Meng）与大家分享着历次政策变革的讯息与喜忧。值此年末之际，孟小洁律师和大家一起回顾细数一下，2015年美国职业、投资移民，及工作签证相关的政策变化，并一起展望下2016[…]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the visa bulletin for January 2016. Below is a copy of the visa bulletin for the employment-based category and a summary of the changes. I. Application Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases Note: USCIS designated these dates as applicable for adjustment of status (I-485) within U.S. Employment- Based All Chargeability […]
Read More目前的创业潮不仅席卷国内高校校园，很多身在美国的中国留学生也都不再仅仅感兴趣在美国大公司谋份好差事，而是希望自己设立公司，或者加入创业公司，做一份有情怀的事业。但是和在国内创业的小伙伴不同，对于很多留学生而言，在美合法工作身份的限制是绕不去的坎。 移民法中，并没有对办理H1B的企业有任何强制性的要求[…]
Read More让人揪心的EB5改革终于有惊无险告一段落。国会于12月15日公布综合法案，将EB5原封不动地延期到2016年的9月30日。经历了几番惊悚的改革提案，观望许久的投资者可以在新的截止时间来临前按原计划行动起来了。没有涨价，没有收紧，一切照旧。 狼来了的故事明年是否会继续？ EB5明年是否真的会改革？在经[…]
Read More12月7日，美国证监会(the Securities and Exchange Commission, “SEC”)宣布了一系列严查律师非法推介EB5项目的行为。在SEC的此次公告中，还公示了部分非法推介EB5项目并且收受项目方佣金的律师名单。SEC表示，会针对全国范围内的这类违法行为进行严查。 宋[…]
Read More每年的H1B申请季节，很多文科和商科毕业的同学对于自己的H1B申请非常紧张，生怕由于是文科或者商科背景的缘故，H1B收到补件，或者不容易通过。宋和孟律师事务所（Song & Meng）的孟小洁律师在执业中，处理了不少文科商科背景的H1B案件，在这里跟大家分享下文科商科背景的申请人申请H1B中[…]
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