Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Jan 18, 2021: U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule Affecting Prevailing Wages
Welcome to the Meyner & Landis Immigration Update Podcast for January 18, 2020 And it’s a doozy. Written by Meyner & Landis partner Lin Walker, this podcast is going to…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Jan 25, 2021: The Compassionate Immigration Reforms of the Biden Administration
On his very first day in office, President Biden announced plans to send a progressive and bold immigration bill to Congress in the coming weeks that will embrace immigrants as…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Feb 15, 2021: Our H-1B wasn’t selected! Now what do we do?
As we mentioned last week, the overall odds of being selected for an H-1B visa was approximately 30% in last year’s cap, as USCIS received approximately 275,000 registrations for 85,000…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – March 1. 2021: Immigration Client Success Story: F-1 Student Status and Full-Time CPT
In this informative podcast Meyner & Landis Immigration partner Lin Walker and immigration associate Kristen Sisko discuss one of their recent client success stories. This is an interesting case, concerning…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – May 2, 2021: Biden Proclamation Suspends Entry of Nonimmigrants in India
COVID-19 related travel restrictions and exceptions are increasingly fluid, with immigration practitioners and the general public receiving little if any advance notice of shifting priorities or new restrictions before they…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – May 17, 2021: The International Entrepreneur Parole Program
We are really happy to be bringing some incredibly positive news to share with our listeners,On May 10, 2021, USCIS announced that it would continue granting benefits under the International…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – June 13, 2021: Good News from the 2021 AILA Immigration Law Virtual Conference
Something wonderful happened on June 9th, which was the first day of the 2021 AILA Annual Conference, and it created a sense of immense optimism amongst immigration practitioners, who, along…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – June 20, 2021: Learning From Success – How to Respond to a Difficult L-1A RFE
While it’s true that we can very much learn from our mistakes, and should, in this podcast we are going to give you the benefit of what we learned from…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – Help with Difficult RFEs: The Return of the Deference Policy
The dreaded RFE…if you have received that package of blue or yellow paper, sometimes over 12 pages long, you understand the significant anxiety, frustration and sometimes, fear that it causes.This…
Immigration Update with Lin Walker – A Cautionary Reminder Regarding LCAs
On June 16, 2021, a U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge ordered a U.S. Company to pay a former employee more than $400,000 in back wages and benefits, for…