Categories: Coronavirus, General, Physician, Scott Railton – Posted on April 15, 2020April 16, 2020 Ten Steps USCIS Can Take To Fight COVID-19 It is no secret that a large percentage of U.S. health care workers are noncitizens. We routinely assist health care … Continue reading >Ten Steps USCIS Can Take To Fight COVID-19
Categories: General, Scott Railton – Posted on March 2, 2020March 5, 2020 The Coronavirus and U.S. Immigration The spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) has taken over the headlines and captured most everyone’s attention, for obvious and scary … Continue reading >The Coronavirus and U.S. Immigration
Categories: General – Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Employers: USCIS Has Issued An Updated I-9 Form For Employment Eligibility Verification U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has once again updated its I-9 Form, and requires employers to begin using it by … Continue reading >Employers: USCIS Has Issued An Updated I-9 Form For Employment Eligibility Verification
Categories: General – Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 H-1B Season Is Upon Us Accountants have tax season. Business immigration attorneys have H-1B season, which is now upon us. This year, H-1B season starts … Continue reading >H-1B Season Is Upon Us
Categories: General, Scott Railton – Posted on November 26, 2019 USCIS Filing Fees on the Rise, Again As we approach the holidays, most items are on discount. Not so when it comes to immigration fees, unfortunately. USCIS … Continue reading >USCIS Filing Fees on the Rise, Again
Categories: Marijuana and Immigration, Scott Railton – Posted on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Neil Young’s Naturalization Application Tied Up Over Truthful Admissions Related to Cannabis Activities The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young, one of my personal favorites, reports that his U.S. naturalization application … Continue reading >Neil Young’s Naturalization Application Tied Up Over Truthful Admissions Related to Cannabis Activities
Categories: General, Scott Railton – Posted on August 12, 2019 USCIS Announces Final Rule Enforcing Long-Standing Public Charge Inadmissibility Law USCIS announced today the upcoming publication of a final rule on public charge requirements for immigration purposes. “Rule” really misstates … Continue reading >USCIS Announces Final Rule Enforcing Long-Standing Public Charge Inadmissibility Law
Categories: Scott Railton – Posted on July 9, 2019 Washington State Department of Licesning On Use of Facial Recognition Technology The Washington Post and New York Times recently ran stories concerning the use of facial technology to identify persons via … Continue reading >Washington State Department of Licesning On Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Categories: General, Scott Railton – Posted on May 29, 2019 Health Care Worker Certificate Requirement Presents Timing Issues Certain health care workers are required to have health care worker certificates in order to be admitted. (Authority: INA §212(a)(5)(c)) … Continue reading >Health Care Worker Certificate Requirement Presents Timing Issues
Categories: General, Marijuana and Immigration, Scott Railton – Posted on April 19, 2019April 23, 2019 USCIS: Legalized Marijuana Use Will Disqualify Naturalization Applicants, for Lack of Good Moral Character U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that it updated its Policy Manual to explicitly state that possession of marijuana, … Continue reading >USCIS: Legalized Marijuana Use Will Disqualify Naturalization Applicants, for Lack of Good Moral Character
