Immigration News - Reddy & Neumann, P.C

L-2 and L-2 EAD Delay Litigation

Written on 18 October 2019.

The L-2 visa allows for the temporary transfer of foreign national companies’ employees to the United State to continue employment at an office of the same employer, its parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate. The L visa requires the...

Why we sued USCIS for H-1B for employer-employee relationship and non-speculative work assignment denials

Written on 15 October 2019.

Reddy & Neumann, P.C. continues to fight for fair visa adjudication from USCIS. On Friday October 4, we filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging arbitrary and capricious denials of H-1B petitions. We sued USCIS for unlawfully...

Judge Blocks Trump’s Public Charge Policy

Written on 11 October 2019.

On Friday, October 11, a federal judge in New York issued a nationwide injunction blocking the administration’s “public charge” rule that would disqualify applicants who received public benefits like Medicaid and Food Stamps. The “public charge” rule,...

U.S. Consulates to Consider Age, Health, and Financial Status of Visa Applicants Beginning October 15, 2019

Written on 11 October 2019.

The Department of Homeland Security will be implementing its new Public Charge regulation next week impacting individuals filing I-129 petitions for nonimmigrant workers, I-539 applications for nonimmigrants, and I-485 applications to adjust...

3 Essential Steps When Termination of an H-1B Worker is Necessary

Written on 10 October 2019.

In the unfortunate circumstance when an employer must terminate an H-1B worker before the end of the validity period of the worker’s visa, failure to follow the correct procedure can be costly. Recently, a manufacturer and supplier of raw materials...

How to Deal With a Job Loss and New H-1B Approval

Written on 07 October 2019.

For most beneficiaries, once their cap-subject case has been approved for a change of status to H-1B on October 1st, they can take a sigh of relief and wait for that October 1st date to come without trepidation. However, for some, an unfortunate situation...

Downgrading your I-140: When one step back can be two steps forward

Written on 04 October 2019.

Due to significant backlogging of employment-based visa priority dates, for certain individuals it may be of benefit to choose a lower-tiered employment-based visa category to expedite an individual’s ability to file for adjustment of status...

Options When Receiving an H-1B Employer-Employee Relationship Denial

Written on 01 October 2019.

Below is an in-depth article regarding actions that can be taken when your company receives an employer-employee relationship denial. Reddy & Neumann, P.C.’s Counsel for Litigation Jonathan Wasden and Attorney Steven Brown have prepared...

B-1 in Lieu of H-1B Visa

Written on 24 September 2019.

The “B-1 in lieu of H-1B” is a lesser-known visa category that can be beneficial for many qualified foreign employees. Existing like a hybrid of the B-1 visa and H-1B visa, the “B-1 in lieu of H-1B” category allows a foreign company to send their employees...

What happens when an I-140 is withdrawn?

Written on 20 September 2019.

When an I-140 is withdrawn, the petitioning company generally avoids any liability they have would toward that I-140 petition, particularly as it relates to ability to pay the Labor Certification wage. Thus, once a company withdraws an I-140 petition--regardless...

Bill Eliminating Employment-Based Per Country Cap Up for Vote in Senate

Written on 18 September 2019.

As you may recall, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, H.R. 1044, passed the House on July 10, 2019. According to the summary of this bill on Congress.gov, this bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from...

Important timing issues F-1 students should be aware of

Written on 10 September 2019.

When F-1 students finish their programs of study or post-completion practical training (OPT employment), they have a sixty-day grace period during which they can do the following: Apply and be accepted to a new academic program. Apply to change...

Reddy & Neumann P.C. has Filed a Lawsuit Against USCIS for Short H-1B Approvals

Written on 06 September 2019.

Reddy & Neumann, P.C. continues to fight for fair USCIS adjudications. Today we have sued the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service for unlawfully issuing short H-1B approvals thereby partially denying the H-1B requests. With these...

Interview Waiver/Dropbox Changes in India

Written on 03 September 2019.

The U.S. Visa Information Service for India (link: http://ustraveldocs.com/in/index.html?firstTime=No) recently changed their website regarding mandatory interview waiver scheduling, commonly referred to as the “dropbox” option. In an effort to reduce...

Suing USCIS for Short H-1B Approvals

Written on 28 August 2019.

Below is an article regarding actions that can be taken to combat short H-1B approvals. Reddy & Neumann, P.C.’s Counsel for Litigation Jonathan Wasden and Attorney Steven Brown have prepared a short video on this topic that can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFkMX0NJwM. Introduction One...

FAQ's on Consular Processing

Written on 27 August 2019.

U.S. consulates are set up around the world to assist and protect U.S. citizens and facilitate trade and friendship between the people of the United States and foreign country. There are more than 20 nonimmigrant visa types for people traveling to...

H-4/H-4 EAD Litigation FAQ's

Written on 20 August 2019.

Am I eligible to join the H-4/EAD lawsuit? If you have filed an H-4 and H-4 EAD application that has been pending with USCIS for over 30 days, you are eligible to join the lawsuit. It is our argument that Congress’ intent was for USCIS to adjudicate...

Multiple I-140 Approvals: What happens to my priority date and who can file my green card?

Written on 05 August 2019.

Individuals from those countries facing a Green Card backlog are required to wait years, if not decades, for the Visa Bulletin to inform that priority dates are current and that individual can finally file for a long sought-after Green Card. In that...

EB-2 vs. EB-3: Foreign Degree Equivalencies

Written on 25 July 2019.

Most if not all prospective employment-based immigrants have a robust education and experience background. Often, that education was obtained from a university in a foreign country. However, owing to certain government regulations, in many instances...

Significant Changes Coming Soon to EB-5 Program

Written on 23 July 2019.

On July 24th, USCIS will publish a final rule in the Federal Register titled “EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization” which brings significant changes to the program since 1993. This final rule becomes effective November 21, 2019. The EB-5...

H-4/H-4 EAD LITIGATION BREAKING NEWS

Written on 17 July 2019.

The Reddy & Neumann, P.C. Litigation Team has confirmed that all plaintiffs in the Gudla, et al. v. USCIS, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on June 6, 2019, have received approvals of their H-4 and H-4 EAD...