Sandy Thomas

According to the Migration Policy Institute, immigrants in the U.S. have the potential to address upcoming U.S. labor needs. This need will be greatest in fields demanding higher…

Submissions for individual employees in the annual H-1B visa lottery declined significantly after the federal government updated the selection process for the specialty occupation…

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a decision from the Eleventh Circuit regarding the revocation of a visa petition for a Palestinian man. The circuit court determined that…

The White House is considering offering legal relief to spouses of U.S. citizens who are in the country with no other pathway to lawful immigration status. The White House is…

The new Family Reunification Plan (FRP) for Ecuador allows eligible Ecuadorian beneficiaries to apply for parole to the United States on a case-by-case basis while they await…

Although the previous administration’s many attempts to dismantle the H-1B VISA program were successfully defended against, employers and professionals alike are still recovering…

A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services denial of a Ukrainian man's bid for permanent residency will not be reviewed by the Seventh Circuit. The court found that the man's…

The new emergency Asylum measure being proposed by the Biden administration is set to take effect in May for a period of two years in an attempt to curb the anticipated migration…

As many of our clients know, filing an H-1B petition requires showing, in part, that the petitioner is the beneficiary’s true employer, and is the entity who has the sole right to…