More USCIS stupidity on the H-1b process
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney Remember I wrote just a short while ago that USCIS was going to “streamline” the H-1b process by permitting H-1b applications to be “pre-selected” for […]
BIA Setting the Stage for More Confusion
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2019 In Matter of Sylvestre Mendoza-Hernandez and Rufina Capula-Cortes 27 I&N Dec. 520 (BIA 2019), issued May 1, 2019, the BIA further confuses the Supreme […]
USCIS defers H-1b selection rule – for now
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney The USCIS has deferred for one year at least – the proposed pre-filing H-1b selection rule that I wrote about earlier on this blog. Under that […]
Traps set for OPT and STEM-OPT students by USCIS/SEVIS – some key things to know
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 USCIS and SEVIS / SEVP have set several traps for unsuspecting international students and overworked school officials and DSO’s: In postings revised August 17, 2018, […]
Pereira v. Sessions Decision Breathes New Life into Cancellation of Removal Applications
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2018 In Pereira v. Sessions [585 U. S. ____ (2018)], the Supreme Court of the United States, in a 8-1 decision (almost total unanimity from even […]
IS DACA DEAD?
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2017 Summary: The Attorney General of the State of Texas, Ken Paxton, and Attorney Generals of nine other states (Kansas, Nebraska, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, West […]
Slower Immigration Enforcement as Trump stumbles?
By Attorney Farhad Sethna ©2017 With the recent events rocking the Trump administration (Comey firing and memos recording possible Trump interference with Comey’s investigation, leaking top secret information to Russia, […]
AAO changes NIW standard – Matter of Dhanasar
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2017 Summary: On December 27, 2016, the Administrative Appeals Office (the government agency in the USCIS which oversees decisions of the USCIS to decide if […]