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International physicians who are in J-1 status in the United States become subject to 2 years home residency requirement. Physicians wishing to remain in the United States may be eligible to apply for a J-1 Visa Waiver if an Interested Government Agency agrees to recommend them for the…
USCIS announced that in January the agency will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the filing cut-off date instead of the final action cut-off date. This will allow foreign workers to file for adjustment of status if their priority date predates the filing cut-off date. USCIS has a…
The Chicago immigration attorneys Zneimer & Zneimer PC remind non-citizens that marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Many states have decriminalized the use of marijuana. Because under some states’ laws use or possession of marijuana is no longer a crime, many immigrants are under the very wrong impression that they…
“Vague laws invite arbitrary power.” states Justice Gorsuch in his concurring opinion in Sessions v. Dimaya, finding the residual aggravated felony definition of “crime of violence” in the Immigration and Nationality Act, 101(a)(43)(F), referencing 18 U.S.C. §16, is void for vagueness. The decision only addresses 18 U.S.C. 16(b) portion of…
A foreign national epidemiologist petitioned USCIS for an immigrant petition, filing a petition herself, without an employer. She argued that her work is important for the national interest of the U.S. and the USCIS should not require her to have a job offer. USCIS disagreed and the epidemiologist appealed to…
The Chicago law office of Zneimer & Zneimer PC reminds interested immigrants that the Diversity Lottery DV-2019 begins on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and ends on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-4). There is no filing…
The Chicago attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer PC reviewed the final regulations entitled Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers, 81 FR 82398-01, that the that the Department of Homeland Security published on November 18, 2016. These regulations interpreted several employment-based sections…
Our law firm often works with foreign national whose work is in the national interest of the United States. The lawyers of Zneimer & Zneimer are tracking decisions under the new NIW framework under Matter of DHANASAR, 26 I. & N. Dec. 884 (AAO 2016). The framework imposes three prongs…
The Chicago immigration attorneys at Zneimer & Zneimer reviewed today’s United States Supreme Court decision with regard to children born abroad to unwed parents. Prior to today’s decision, the statute provided for different requirements how unwed mothers and unwed fathers can transmit citizenship to a child born abroad. The United…
The Chicago law firm of Zneimer & Zneimer is tracking decisions under the new NIW framework and is providing a summary of decisions applying Matter of DHANASAR, 26 I. & N. Dec. 884 (AAO 2016) In a recent appeal from a national interest waiver denial issued by the Nebraska Service…