tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83017177029119296522024-02-20T02:03:09.408-08:00STEM Green Cards cloudSTEM graduates are an important part of America's futureMiller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-6478535682093416402014-11-26T13:40:00.001-08:002014-11-26T13:41:50.416-08:00President Obama's Immigration Accountability Executive Action-What individuals and employers need to know<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">On November 20, 2014, President Obama outlined his long-awaited
executive action to provide wide-reaching relief to millions of undocumented
persons. The Miller Law Offices provides you with our analysis of the
benefits programs that could affect you, your company and your employees.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">These programs include President Obama's </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> plan to provide temporary deferred action for the parents of
U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The President also removed the age
restrictions for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program. The Executive Action also includes</span><span style="color: #717171; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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Interest Waiver for the "brightest and best" high skilled
potential immigrants</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li>
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training for STEM graduates of U.S universities</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li>
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<span style="color: #717171; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/Obama%20Immigration%20Executive%20Actions/Miller%20Immigration%20Bulletin.pdf"><b><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Click
Here to download the Bulletin in Adobe PDF format...</span></b></a></span></span>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-38498440806064824442014-08-27T16:03:00.000-07:002014-08-27T16:05:07.500-07:00WSJ: Executive Immigration Action May Include Legal Reforms<span style="background-color: cyan;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On September 18, 2014 the Wall
Street Journal reported that after Labor Day President Obama may announce
executive actions to give "safe harbor and work permits to qualifying
illegal immigrants". Business leaders and interest groups who have been
meeting with the White House throughout the Summer have requested overhaul
measures for the legal workforce. One proposal would exclude dependents from
the numerical cap on employment-based green cards, which is now 140,000 a year.
The change could, in effect, double the number of green cards available. A
second proposal would "recapture" unused employment green cards from
previous years, which could produce more than 200,000 new green cards. </span>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-2770652555217187502014-03-02T14:58:00.000-08:002014-03-04T09:25:24.037-08:00 Employers sponsor foreign employees using the PERM application process Foreign workers applying for permanent resident (green card) status
under certain classifications, such as the employment based third
preference classification (EB-3) and employment based second preference
classification (EB-2), except for those filing under the National
Interest Waiver provision, will require an approved labor certification.<br />
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We provide employers with an <a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/Permanent%20Labor%20Certifications/ILW.pdf" target="_blank"><b>overview of the PERM process</b></a> for that necessary labor certification with an excerpt from the CCH book <b><a href="http://www.aspenpublishers.com/Product.asp?catalog_name=Aspen&product_id=0735582521&cookie_test=1" target="_blank">Immigration Law in the Workplace</a></b> , the leading national resource book for both immigration employment benefits and compliance information.<br />
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The distinguished attorney authors, Charles M. Miller, Marcine A. Seid,
and S. Christopher Stowe, Jr. provide you with clear, concise
explanations of the benefits that foreign employees may qualify for.Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-13089108787938287362013-10-24T14:43:00.001-07:002013-10-24T14:45:41.677-07:00OPT 17 Month Extension Despite Thesis Requirement Before GraduationThe USCIS released a policy memorandum which clarifies the situation where the applicant requests a 17 month STEM OPT extension prior to graduation where there is a thesis requirement to be fulfilled. The <b><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/stem/OPT/OPT-STEM-Extension.pdf" target="_blank">October 6, 2013 memorandum </a></b>allows F-1 students who are engaging in post- completion OPT to be eligible for a 17-month STEM extension even if they have not yet completed the thesis requirement or equivalent for their STEM degree.Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-32323377502835993972013-02-27T09:44:00.001-08:002013-02-27T09:46:09.350-08:00Mayor Bloomberg joins Silicon Valley push for high-skill immigration - The Hill's Hillicon Valley<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/284775-mayor-bloomberg-joins-silicon-valley-push-for-high-skill-immigration?utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=7732022349-AILA8_2_27_13&utm_medium=email#ixzz2M0t5lUne">Mayor Bloomberg joins Silicon Valley push for high-skill immigration - The Hill's Hillicon Valley</a><br />
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a coalition of investors and technology company executives announced a new campaign on Monday for immigration legislation. The campaign, called the "March for Innovation," will culminate later this spring in a "virtual march on Washington" using online tools like Facebook and Twitter to persuade lawmakers.<br />
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Bipartisan Legislation Reforms Employment-Based
H-1B and Student Visas, Increases Access to Employment-Based Green
Cards, and Promotes STEM Education</div>
<div class="abstract">
U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marco
Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today introduced legislation,
the Immigration Innovation (I2) Act of 2013, to bring long-overdue
reforms to the nation’s immigration laws for high-skilled workers. The
bill focuses on areas vital to ensuring the United States can maintain
its competitiveness in the global economy: the quantity of
employment-based nonimmigrant visas (H-1B visas), allowing for their
growth depending on the demands of the economy while making reforms to
protect workers; increased access to green cards for high-skilled
workers by expanding the exemptions and eliminating the annual per
country limits for employment based green cards; and reforming the fees
on H-1B and green cards so those fees can be used to promote American
worker retraining and education.
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<a href="http://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ID=f9331d41-1577-4475-934d-a38ce592d987">Read More</a></div>
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Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-90868425137906275552013-01-28T14:55:00.001-08:002013-01-28T14:57:32.668-08:00STEM Green Cards Part of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposal<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The
“gang of 8”, Senators Schumer, McCain, Durbin, Graham, Menendez, Rubio, Bennet,
and Flake has released its Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration
Reform on January28, 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
the section of the proposal entitled “Improving our Legal Immigration System
and Attracting the World’s Best and Brightest” the proposal philosophically
embraces efficient green cards for STEM graduates in the following language: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"The United States must do a
better job of attracting and keeping the world’s best and brightest. As such,
our immigration proposal will award a green card to immigrants who have
received a PhD or Master’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math
from an American university. It makes no sense to educate the world’s future
innovators and entrepreneurs only to ultimately force them to leave our country
at the moment they are most able to contribute to our economy.” </span></div>
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Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-31104872909831763072013-01-28T14:13:00.002-08:002013-01-28T14:13:20.117-08:00Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposal <div class="MsoNormal">
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The “gang of 8”, Senators Schumer, McCain, Durbin, Graham, Menendez, Rubio, Bennet, and Flake has released its <a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/#Immigration%20Reform" target="_blank">Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform</a> on Jan. 28, 2013<i>.</i></div>
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Here's coverage from the<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/us/politics/senators-agree-on-blueprint-for-immigration.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank"> New York Times</a>.</div>
Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-13805902529267929202013-01-02T11:54:00.003-08:002013-01-02T12:18:49.066-08:00Congressional Research Service 11/26/12 report on options for foreign nationals with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees<span class="rp-desc"><span id="rpHomepageRecentPostings__ctl38_labelAbstract">Congressional Research Service 11/26/12 report </span></span><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/STEM/CRS%20STEM%20Report.pdf">CRS STEM Report.pdf</a><span class="rp-desc"><span id="rpHomepageRecentPostings__ctl38_labelAbstract"> on options for foreign nationals with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, including temporary and permanent options for students and employees, as
well as a legislative history of STEM bills. </span></span>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-43241550772243589192012-12-02T13:14:00.001-08:002012-12-02T13:16:29.838-08:00House Passes Lamar Smith’s STEM Jobs Act <div class="headline_area clearfix">
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Published in the National Voice, by <span class="author vcard fn">Van Le</span> on <abbr class="published" title="2012-11-30">11/30/2012</abbr></div>
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"In
the first vote on an immigration bill since this month’s election, the
Republican-controlled House rehashed an old policy and passed a version
of a bill that already <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/house-to-vote-on-bill-to-give-residency-to-advanced-degree-foreign-graduates-end-visa-lottery/2012/11/30/a5dfe9ee-3ace-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story_1.html">failed earlier this year</a>, 245-139. Twenty-seven Democrats <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/house-passes-bill-expanding-science-technology-visas/story?id=17846361#.ULjwqeTO3gU">joined</a> Republicans in supporting the legislation.<br />
<br />
The <a href="http://t.co/6LzwxOp6">STEM Jobs Act</a>, sponsored by
anti-immigrant Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), would increase visas for
high-skilled workers in exchange for the elimination of the diversity
lottery, which grants a number of permanent residency visas to countries
with low rates of immigration to the US. The bill now heads to the
Democrat-controlled Senate, which seems likely to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/house-to-vote-on-bill-to-give-residency-to-advanced-degree-foreign-graduates-end-visa-lottery/2012/11/30/a5dfe9ee-3ace-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html">ignore it</a>; the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/112/saphr6429r_20121128.pdf">Obama administration</a> has already come out against it.<br />
In his <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4176781">floor speech</a> against the STEM Jobs Act today, immigration reform champion Rep. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/house-passes-bill-expanding-science-technology-visas/story?id=17846361#.ULjwqeTO3gU">Luis Gutierrez</a> (D-IL) expounded on earlier comments that the GOP-backed bill treated immigration like a “zero-sum game.” He <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4176781">said</a>:<br />
<blockquote>
We need to stop scoring cheap political points and playing games with immigration and start working together.<br />
Which is why it is so DISAPPOINTING the majority decided to undermine
an area of bipartisan agreement on STEM visas by loading up the measure
with provisions that are a slap in the face to the core values of the
United States.<br />
If you support this bill, you are saying that one group of immigrants
is better than another and one type of educated, degree-holding person
and their work is more important than another’s.</blockquote>
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), another longtime champion of comprehensive
immigration reform, also spoke against the STEM Jobs Act when she
introduced a motion to recommit—to present a “clean STEM visa program”
without “the unrelated measures” (the language eliminating the diversity
lottery). The motion eventually failed.<br />
During her floor time, the Congresswoman wondered what a provision to
eliminate the diversity lottery was doing in a STEM jobs bill at all.
As she <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/housesession5370">said</a>:
“We support stem visas, they support stem visas, everybody on earth
support stem visas. So why on earth aren’t we just voting on stem
visas?”<br />
Rep. Lofgren <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/housesession5370">continued</a>:<br />
<blockquote>
Eliminating the diversity visa has nothing to do with the
STEM visa. It’s an unfortunate attack against minorities and it has no
place in the STEM bill. It’s also remarkably tone deaf considering the
recent election just 3 weeks ago. Minorities and immigrant communities
sent a powerful message to our friends on the other side of the aisle,
our friends say they heard that message, they acknowledge the need to
reach out to those communities and take a different tack with respect to
immigration.<br />
Actions speak louder than words. If you want to reach out to
minorities, perhaps you shouldn’t start with a bill that eliminates the
diversity visa. And if you want to reach out to immigrants, perhaps you
shouldn’t start with a bill that pits immigrant communities against each
other. The choice between stem immigrants and diversity immigrants is
one we are being forced to make. We do not need to make it."</blockquote>
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Friday, November 30, 2012 on the “<a href="http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20121126/CPRT-112-HPRT-RU00-HR6429_xml.pdf">STEM
Jobs Act</a>,” introduced by Lamar Smith (R-Texas).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bill would create 55,000 green cards for
holders of advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math from
U.S. institutions. The bill would also create a special temporary visa for
foreign students planning to study STEM fields at U.S. universities, which
would make it easier for them to become permanent residents upon graduation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://lofgren.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=765&Itemid=130">Representative
Zoe Lofgren</a> (D San Jose) opposes the elimination of the visa lottery which
is the source of the extra visa numbers used by the STEM Jobs Act. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Lofgren has introduced a Silicon Valley-friendly
competing <a href="http://lofgren.house.gov/images/stories/pdf/stem%20-%20lofgren%20bill%20one%20pager%20091812.pdf">STEM
green card bill</a> that does not contain restrictionist <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>provisions. </span></div>
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Smith bill in the lame duck session of Congress will weaken chances for
comprehensive immigration reform measures that the administration has made a
legislative priority in President Obama’s second term. </span></div>
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Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-26263107232947620632012-10-03T16:40:00.002-07:002012-10-03T16:44:04.859-07:00Microsoft Proposes New STEM Green Cards<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith told a live Brookings Institution and </span><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/events/2012/09/27-stem-education" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">streamed video</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> audience that the company proposed immigration reforms that would fund STEM education. The proposal is detailed in Microsoft's </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/download/presskits/citizenship/MSNTS.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">White Paper</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> that was released on September 27, 2012, contemporaneously with the Brookings' event.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The two part proposal features:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Invest more in STEM education by
focusing on better teachers and higher standards in K-12 education,
increasing the number of computer science courses in high schools and
colleges, and focusing on the “college completion crisis” where half of
American students drop-out before getting their degree. Smith called on
Congress to put $500 million per year behind the effort, sending that
money to the states based upon a competitive process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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the $500 million per year effort by insourcing skilled labor to fill those
unfilled jobs today -- adding 20,000 new visas for workers with STEM
skills at a cost of $10,000 each and 20,000 new green cards for workers
with STEM skills at a cost of $15,000 each.</span></li>
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Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-33052820656787855302012-09-25T14:02:00.002-07:002012-09-25T14:04:06.394-07:00Live Webcast: STEM education and immigration reforms On September 27, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings will host a forum on STEM education and immigration reforms and how these policy innovations can recharge American competitiveness and economic opportunity for current and future generations of workers. Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel of Microsoft, will deliver keynote remarks. Moderated by Vice President Darrell West, a panel of experts will discuss policy changes in education, immigration, among a variety of other areas, to enhance the American workforce’s competitiveness in a global economy.<br />
<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblSectionDescription"><strong><span style="color: #053769; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday, September 27, 2012<br />2:00 - 3:30 PM EDT</span><br /><div class="reg-description-text" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_divSectionDesc">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/events/2012/09/27-stem-education" target="_blank">To register for the live webcast</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">To attend the event in person, <a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/kcqs7h/4W">click here</a>. </span></div>
</span>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-66100266477567922042012-08-30T09:42:00.000-07:002012-08-30T09:42:34.965-07:00Deferred Action Practice Advisory<i>The AIC Legal Action Center provides this <a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/dream%20act/" target="_blank">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Practice Advisory</a> (August 20, 2012).</i> Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-46905899320038021782012-08-03T13:41:00.000-07:002012-08-03T13:41:08.542-07:00E-Verify Self-Assessment: The Beginning of an “Industrial Strength”, Audited Immigration Compliance Program<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">High profile employers need more than an “off-the-shelf” compliance approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They require an “industrial strength” immigration compliance program that addresses the assessment and correction of important E-Verify compliance risk factors. An independently audited, immigration compliance program, which incorporates the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>E-Verify Self-Assessment Guide’s checklists, could protect employers from debarment or involuntary termination from the E-Verify program. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/E-Verify/Industrial%20Strength%20Immigration%20Compliance.pdf" target="_blank">Read Charles Miller’s article …</a></b></span></span></span></div>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-19686389429873609092012-07-19T15:54:00.001-07:002012-07-19T15:56:34.275-07:00Senator Grassley Lifts Hold on H.R. 3012 with H-1B Enforcement agreement<script type="text/javascript">
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<div class="content"><div id="cke_pastebin"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The ACIP reports that "Senator Grassley (R-IA) announced he had lifted his hold on the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, H.R. 3012, due to a recent agreement reached with Senator Schumer (D-NY) that would give the Department of Labor (DOL) expanded authority to investigate and audit an employer's H-1B labor condition application (LCA) compliance. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> While the base bill passed overwhelmingly in the House last fall, it still faces challenges in the Senate where two other potential holds from Senators could stop it from moving forward. Even if the bill passes in the Senate, it would then have to be reconsidered and passed in the House with the new Grassley-Schumer language.". </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Without raising the total number of employment based green cards, the bill eliminates the country limits after a three year gradual phase in, benefiting the STEM graduates from India and China with long current waits for open priority dates. </span> </div></div>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-73403942376670947412012-07-13T16:26:00.007-07:002012-07-19T15:58:55.932-07:00SEVIS User Manual, Volumes I and II, version 6.8 (June 24, 2011) on the cloud<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The SEVIS User Manual, Volumes I and II, version 6.8 (June 24, 2011) resides on the STEM Green Cards cloud, used in the administration of the I-17 (M-1, Volume I) and I-20(F-1, Volume II) systems. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SEVIS is the electronic system administered by ICE which is used used by the responsible officers of J-1, F-1 and M-1 nonimmigrant programs to fulfill the legal obligations of their institutions.</span><br />
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</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/STEM/SEVIS+Manual+Vol+1.pdf"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Volume I</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/STEM/SEVIS+Vol+2.pdf">Volume II</a> </span></span></div>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-18601437412313309902012-07-13T15:59:00.003-07:002012-07-19T15:59:37.548-07:00ICE F-1 Foreign Travel FAQ on the cloud<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ICE FAQ Reentry For F-1 Nonimmigrants Traveling Outside The United States For Five Months or Less </span>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-67478438241495015202012-07-11T13:36:00.000-07:002012-07-11T13:36:18.843-07:00USCIS 2012 Cap Gap Q & A on the cloud<i>Extension of Post-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) and F-1 Status for Eligible Students under the H-1B Cap-Gap Regulations (May 2012)</i> <br />
<b>File:</b> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/OPT%20Extensions/USCIS%20Cap%20Gap%202012.pdf">USCIS Cap Gap 2012.pdf</a>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-80651491861814855142012-07-10T16:00:00.000-07:002012-07-10T16:00:52.739-07:00Congressional Research Service, "Immigration of STEM" monograph on the cloud<strong>Congressional Research Service, "Immigration of STEM" </strong><i>Immigration of Foreign Nationals with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Degrees (May 2012)</i> <br />
<b>File:</b> <img src="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/_back/images/publications/pdf.gif" /><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/Resources/CRS%20STEM.pdf">CRS STEM.pdf</a>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-1729256704763149542012-07-10T15:50:00.000-07:002012-07-10T15:50:31.528-07:00April 2008 USCIS 29 month OPT Q&A added to the cloudUSCIS April 28, 2008 Q&A regarding the 29 month OPT added to the cloud<br />
<img src="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/_back/images/publications/pdf.gif" /><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/OPT%20Extensions/USCIS%20OPT%20Q%20and%20A%20April%202008.pdf">USCIS OPT Q and A April 2008.pdf</a>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-58535764191076515942012-07-09T15:35:00.001-07:002012-07-09T15:37:14.993-07:00Obama STEM ReformsThis DHS Webpage discusses the Obama administration's STEM immigration measures. <br />
<br />
<i>DHS Reforms To Attract And Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants (Jan. 2012).</i> <br />
<b>File:</b> <a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/publications/Resources/OBAMA%20STEM%20Reforms.pdf">OBAMA STEM Reforms.pdf</a>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-75295559248700671102012-07-06T13:44:00.000-07:002012-07-06T13:44:52.543-07:00SEVP OPT Policy Guidance April 23, 2010 on the STEM Green Cards cloudMiller Law Offices has put the SEVP OPT Policy Guidance 1004-03 (April 23, 2010) on the STEM Green Cards cloud. The cloud is an exciting new resource for STEM foreign students and graduates.<br />
The SEVP OPT Policy Guidance continues to be the Student and Exchange Visitor Program's most recent update to their optional practical training (OPT) guidance, that superseded prior OPT policy guidance documents 0801-01 and 0801-02. <br />
<b>File:</b> <img src="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/_back/images/publications/pdf.gif" /><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/stem/OPT/SEVP%20OPT%20Policy%20Guidance%202010.pdf">SEVP OPT Policy Guidance 2010.pdf</a>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301717702911929652.post-31882030655868103082012-07-06T12:40:00.001-07:002012-07-06T12:40:49.699-07:00STEM OPT 29 Month Interim Final Rule added to the cloud<strong>STEM OPT 29 Month Interim Rule</strong><i>73 Fed. Reg. 18944 (April 8, 2008) On April 8, 2008, DHS published an interim final rule that changes several key aspects of F-1 optional practical training (OPT). </i><br />
<b>File:</b> <img src="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/_back/images/publications/pdf.gif" /><a href="http://www.millerlawoffices.com/stem/OPT/April82008%20OPT%20interimfinal%20rule.pdf">April82008 OPT interimfinal rule.pdf</a>Miller Law Officeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17293863361151119594noreply@blogger.com