On October 19, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to amend its F-1 nonimmigrant student visa regulations on optional practical training (OPT) for certain students with degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from U.S. institutions of higher education. The comments are due by November 18, 2015. In addition to improving...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: In a disappointing but unsurprising decision, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government's appeal of the preliminary injunction that has temporarily stopped President Obama's latest deferred action initiatives from being implemented. This decision clears the way for the Obama Administration to...

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA - PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA: En una decisión decepcionante, pero poco sorprendente, un panel dividido de la Corte del Quinto Circuito de Apelaciones rechazó la apelación de la medida cautelar que ha detenido temporalmente últimas iniciativas de acción diferida del presidente Obama de ser implementado por el gobierno federal. Esta decisión despeja...

This the season to be jolly . . . but it is also the season when international travel can be a folly. Many foreign nationals will be traveling outside the U.S. during the holidays. This holiday travel usually extends from the end of December through the middle of January. Of course, for some, holiday...

Esta es la temporada para estar alegre… pero también es la época en que los viajes internacionales pueden ser una locura. Muchos extranjeros van a viajar fuera de los EE.UU. durante las vacaciones. Este viaje de vacaciones por lo general se extiende desde finales de diciembre hasta mediados de enero. Por supuesto, para algunos,...

Removing Conditions on a Green Card in cases of Abandonment or abuse from Nachman Phulwani...

STEM OPT PROGRAM CHANGES from Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C.

Por: Michael Phulwani, Esq, David H. Nachman, Esq y Rabindra K. Singh, Esq.

 

Como proyectamos anteriormente en nuestra reciente publicación del artículo/blog: MEHTA V. DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTADO: ¿SERÁN LOS DEMANDANTES EXITOSOS EN OBTENER LAS MEDIDAS CAUTELARES EN LA DENUNCIA COLECTIVA?, la Corte Federal de Distrito para el Distrito Oeste...

By: Michael Phulwani, Esq., David H. Nachman, Esq., and Rabindra K. Singh, Esq.

As we previously projected in our recent article/blog posting, MEHTA V. DEPT. OF STATE: WILL PLAINTIFFS BE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN THE CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT?, the United States District Court for the...

By: Michael Phulwani, Esq., David H. Nachman, Esq., and Rabindra K. Singh, Esq.

Without wasting too much ink (and time) discussing how the October 2015 Visa Bulletin was transformed by the Department of State (DOS) when it was originally released on September 9th, 2015, and how the Priority Dates (PD) were revised only four (4)...