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2025-10-20: Updated: 2025-10-20 16:17:08 USCIS Implements $100,000 Payment Requirement Under Presidential Proclamation

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2025-09-24: Updated: 2025-09-24 18:12:16 H-1B Proclamation Under INA § 212(f) Targets Entry, Not Status

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2025-09-23: Updated: 2025-09-23 10:12:47 Why the H-1B Fee Increase Was Announced via a Proclamation and not via Executive Order

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2025-09-21: Updated: 2025-10-02 12:02:09 Significant Changes to the H-1B Visa Program September 21, 2025

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2025-08-19: Updated: 2025-08-19 18:21:15 USCIS Discretionary Decisions and What Applicants Must Know

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2025-04-30: Updated: 2025-04-30 16:44:02 J-1 Waiver Physicians Must Complete Three Years of Service Before Applying for a Green Card

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2025-04-11: Updated: 2025-04-11 17:49:25 Alien Registration Act Requirements

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2024-11-14: Updated: 2024-11-14 19:58:51 What to Expect from the Future Trump Administration on Immigration

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2024-08-23: Updated: 2024-08-23 16:28:31 PIP and Complaint for Injunction

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2024-04-22: Updated: 2024-04-22 18:29:38 Avoiding RFEs in National Interest Waiver Cases

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2024-04-15: Updated: 2024-03-31 20:42:48 NIW Insights on National Importance from Zneimer & Zneimer

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2024-04-10: Updated: 2024-03-31 19:52:55 Can Pilots Demonstrate National Importance in NIW Applications

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2024-04-03: Updated: 2024-03-31 19:30:54  What Is Considered of National Importance for a National Interest Waiver?

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2024-03-31: Updated: 2024-03-31 19:20:20 Understanding National Importance in NIW Applications

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2024-03-29: Updated: 2024-03-29 17:07:48 The Pitfalls of National Importance in National Waiver Petitions

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2024-03-25: Updated: 2024-03-23 17:46:01 Zneimer & Zneimer Helps Foreign Medical Graduates with Immigration Issues

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2024-03-22: Updated: 2024-03-23 15:43:42 The USCIS extends the H-1B registration period to March 25, 2022

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2024-03-06: Updated: 2024-03-06 19:12:54 Navigating the New H-1B Visa Registration Process

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2023-10-03: Updated: 2023-10-03 19:32:11 Perspectivas de un Abogado de Inmigración de Chicago: Extensión y Rediseño del TPS para Venezuela

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2023-10-03: Updated: 2023-10-03 19:26:56 Chicago Immigration Lawyer Insights: Venezuela TPS Extension and Redesignation

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2023-08-11: Updated: 2023-08-11 20:47:26 PERM and Advertising – Newspaper Ads

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2023-04-14: Updated: 2023-03-29 23:22:15 O-1A Criteria – High Salary

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2023-04-12: Updated: 2023-03-29 23:22:36 O-1A Criteria- Leading Role

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2023-04-10: Updated: 2023-03-29 23:23:02 O-1A Criteria – Display of the applicant’s work in the field at artistic exhibitions or showcases

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2023-04-08: Updated: 2023-03-29 23:24:20 O-1A Criteria – Authorship of scholarly articles in the field

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2023-04-06: Updated: 2023-03-29 23:23:45 O-1A Criteria – Original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance in the field

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2023-04-04: Updated: 2023-03-29 21:26:59 O-1A Criteria – Judging the Work of Others

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2023-04-03: Updated: 2023-03-29 22:21:26 O-1 for Cardiologist

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2023-04-02: Updated: 2023-03-29 21:27:22 O-1A Criteria – Published material in professional or major trade publications or major media about the beneficiary

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2023-03-31: Updated: 2023-03-29 23:24:38 O-1A Criteria – Membership in Association in the Field

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2023-03-30: Updated: 2023-03-29 18:44:31 O-1A Criteria – Receipt of nationally or internationally recognized awards or prizes

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2023-03-29: Updated: 2023-03-29 18:21:44 H-1B Selection and Non-Selection

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2023-01-30: Updated: 2023-01-29 12:16:57 H-1B Application Season Begins

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2023-01-29: Updated: 2023-01-29 11:48:37 Navigating the J-1 Visa Waiver Process: A Brief Information Sheet for Foreign Medical Graduates

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2023-01-27: Updated: 2023-03-29 21:25:46 H-1B Registration starts at noon EST on March 1 and will end until noon EST on March 17, 2023

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2023-01-23: Updated: 2023-01-23 12:40:16 Getting Ready for the H-1B Registration Process

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2022-12-09: Updated: 2022-12-09 18:39:58 Loss of a job for a laid off H-1B worker could mean the loss of ability to live in the United States

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2022-05-16: Updated: 2022-05-16 16:59:57 USCIS Announces New Methods to Combat Backlog

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2022-05-04: Updated: 2022-05-04 18:04:44 Employment Authorization Documents receive a 540-day automatic extension

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2022-01-21: Updated: 2022-01-21 20:12:28 National Interest Waiver Needs to Provide for Work Authorization

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2021-02-25: Updated: 2021-02-25 19:44:03 H-1B-Cap Registration Period will open at 12:00 noon EST on March 9, 2021, and run through  12:00 noon EST on March 25, 2021

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2020-11-13: Updated: 2020-11-13 11:47:10 Citizenship test becomes tougher after November 30, 2020

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2020-09-27: Updated: 2020-09-27 23:16:26 To EB-3 or not to EB-3, that is the question many noncitizen employees in the backlogged EB-2 category are asking their lawyers.

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2020-06-18: Updated: 2020-06-18 17:52:30 The Supreme Court rejects the Administration’s attempt to terminate DACA

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2020-05-21: Updated: 2020-05-21 17:21:41 HHS opens J-waiver program for any facility with HPSA Score of 7 or above

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2020-05-05: Updated: 2020-05-05 21:12:27 Arguments and Documents to Avoid a Finding of Public Charge Inadmissibility

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2020-03-24: Updated: 2020-03-24 18:11:08 How to request Satisfactory Departure for  ESTA VWP Travelers during Coronavirus 

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2020-03-12: Updated: 2020-03-12 17:42:22 Public Charge Statement of Self-Sufficiency and the Totality of the Circumstances Framework

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2020-03-07: Updated: 2020-03-07 13:30:02 Public Charge Inadmissibility and Documents Required

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2020-02-05: Updated: 2020-02-05 14:12:00 USCIS will begin implementing the Public Charge Rule on February 24, 2020

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2019-11-12: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:48 Can a State Prosecute Identity Theft or Fraud if False Documents are Used to Gain Employment?

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2019-08-12: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:48 The immigration denials on public charge grounds on increase

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2019-05-07: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:49 Top ten reasons for H-1B denials

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2019-04-19: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:49 Work in marijuana business may affect citizenship applications

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2019-03-12: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:49 USCIS will require use of new Form I-539, I-539A, and biometrics for any application received after March 21, 2019

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2019-01-25: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:49 Delta Regional Authority Provides an Alternative Path to a J-1 Visa Waiver

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2019-01-03: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:50 For now, USCIS accepts employment-based adjustment applications based on filing cut-off date

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2018-11-05: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:50 Marijuana and Immigrants Should not Mix

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2018-04-17: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:50 Vague Laws Invite Arbitrary Power

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2017-10-24: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:51 HIV Epidemiologist’s Work Insufficient for a National Interest Waiver

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2017-09-20: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:51 Diversity Visa Lottery Begins on October 3, 2017

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2017-08-31: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:51 Graceful Ways to Stay Out of Trouble During the Grace Periods

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2017-06-16: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:51 A Businessmen Fails to Meet Threshold Requirement for a National Interest Waiver

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2017-06-12: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:52 The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional citizenship statute that favors unwed mothers over unwed fathers in transmission of U.S. Citizenship. Going forward, both are disfavored

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2017-06-11: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:52 AAO issued another decision under the new NIW framework, denying national interest waiver for Physician and Cardiology Researcher

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2017-06-09: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:52 University Instructor and Multicultural Education Researcher did not qualify for a National Interest Waiver

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2017-06-06: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:53 Teacher and Researcher in Autism Spectrum Disorders Failed to Qualify for a National Interest Waiver

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2017-06-05: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:53 In the National Interest – National Interest Waiver

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2017-04-20: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:53 Derecogniton of ACICS by U.S. Department of Education, and its effect on international F and M students

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2017-04-04: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:53 USCIS zooms in on H-1B petitions for computer occupations

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2017-03-06: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:53 President Trump Reissued the Order Suspending Entry for 90 Days

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2017-02-21: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:54 Immigration Memorandum “Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest” and DACA/DAPA

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2017-01-28: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:54 President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Orders Affects Legal Permanent Residents

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2017-01-26: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:54 President Trump announced new immigration priorities

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2016-12-29: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:54 New Analytical Framework for National Interest Waiver Petitions

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2016-10-24: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:55 USCIS increases its filing fees by 21 percent effective December 23, 2016

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2016-10-06: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:55 USCIS announces that it will use visa bulletin “filing date” for adjustment of status in October 2016

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2016-08-26: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:55 Good News for Foreign Enterpreneurs

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2015-10-21: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:56 Racial Disparities at DUI Checkpoints suggests Collusion between Chicago Police and ICE

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2015-09-09: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:56 USCIS will permit employment based applicants to file earlier for adjustment of status

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2015-07-27: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:56 Is ICE Investigation in the Midst of a Labor Dispute Proper? We Think Not.

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2015-07-09: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:56 Expiring foreign passports create problems upon admission to U.S.

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2015-06-26: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:57 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is legal in the entire nation

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2015-06-15: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:57 The State Department Alerts Travelers for Delay in Printing of U.S. Passports

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2015-04-14: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:57 BIA says alien cannot keep priority date from withdrawn or revoked I-140 petition

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2015-04-13: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:58 AAO says employer must file amended H-1B if new LCA is needed

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2015-04-01: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:58 H-1B Filing Season Started

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.

2015-03-25: Updated: 2019-11-26 12:00:58 Same Sex Marriages and the Immigration Challenge – Two Years Later

By Zneimer & Zneimer, P.C.