AI-driven adjudications are raising the stakes for employers and applicants alike, with RFEs surging across H-1B, L-1, O-1, and NIW categories and enforcement reaching new levels of coordination across federal agencies. Greenberg Traurig’s Kate Kalmykov and Courtney Brooks break down what this shift means and how organizations may wish to prepare.
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 29 | AI-Driven RFEs Are Here: Faster, Broader, and More Demanding Than Ever
Recent news reports regarding the erroneous registration of noncitizens to vote serve as an important reminder of a broader issue that immigration practitioners encounter with increasing frequency: the disconnect between state administrative systems and the federal immigration system.
Continue Reading When Government Systems Don’t Communicate: How State Administrative Errors May Create Serious Immigration Consequences
Greenberg Traurig immigration attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky discuss the critical Sept. 30 EB-5 grandfathering deadline and what investors need to know before it passes. The episode also covers recent favorable AAO decisions and a newly released USCIS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act.
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 28 | EB-5 Deadline Alert: Key Considerations Before September 30
DHS has proposed revisions to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program regulations to implement provisions of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022.
International travelers have long been aware that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to inspect luggage and other personal belongings at U.S. ports of entry. Less well understood, however, is CBP’s authority to examine electronic devices.
Continue Reading CBP Electronic Device Searches at the Border: What International Travelers and Employers Should Know
A DHS rule expanding biometric collection is increasing the role of departure inspections in U.S. immigration enforcement.
Continue Reading CBP Expands Biometric Exit Controls: What Travelers, Employers Should Know
A transition to Pay.gov for visa-related fees may affect consular processing where payment verification issues arise.
Continue Reading State Department’s Pay.gov Transition Creates Visa Issuance Challenges for Applicants, Employers
In this episode of the Immigration Insights podcast, Greenberg Traurig attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky examine the writ of mandamus as a federal litigation tool for addressing unreasonable agency delays across a broad range of immigration proceedings.
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 27 | Stuck in the System: Using Mandamus to Break Immigration Delays
Recent reports from the American Immigration Lawyers Association indicate that the U.S. Department of State may be preparing a restructuring of visa processing operations across Africa.
Continue Reading U.S. Department of State Reportedly Considering Centralized Visa Processing Hubs Across Africa
A Rhode Island federal court vacated four USCIS policies halting immigration adjudications, finding Administrative Procedure Act violations and restoring processing of some immigration benefits.