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Rajiv's News Clips - Trump administration fires another bullet on H-1B program: Random lottery to be replaced with wagebased selection process - Times of India

Published by : The Times of India - Date: October 29, 2020  

Quotes and Excerpts from Rajiv on the article:

“USCIS is proposing changes in the H-1B selection process so that the H-1B quota selection is made from the highest wage down. This looks more like an election stunt than regulations that are properly thought out,” Rajiv S. Khanna, Arlington based, 1/3 managing attorney at Immigration.com told TOI.

When to File Your Adjustment of Status Application for Family-Sponsored or Employment-Based Preference Visas: November 2020

Are you seeking to adjust your status and become a U.S. permanent resident under a family-sponsored or employment-based preference immigrant visa? If you have not yet had a relative or employer file an immigrant visa petition on your behalf, please learn more about the Adjustment of Status Filing Process.

USCIS Updates Policy Guidance Regarding Temporary Protected Status and Eligibility for Adjustment of Status

Release Date 10/06/2020

USCIS  issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual clarifying whether temporary protected status (TPS) beneficiaries are eligible for adjustment of status under section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). INA 245(a) requires an alien to have been inspected and admitted or inspected and paroled into the United States, unless exempt from this requirement.

Rajiv's News Clips - US court blocks Trump ban on H-1B, L-1 visas - The Economic Times

Published by : The Economic Times - Date: October 02, 2020  

Quotes and Excerpts from Rajiv on the article:

“The reasoning behind the preliminary injunction is sound. The court found that the President was trying to change immigration law from the White House, over obeying the law as it is written by the legislature,” said Rajiv S Khanna, managing attorney at immigration.com.

USCIS 2020 Fee Rule Preliminary Injunction

On Sept. 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Immigration Legal Resource Center et al., v. Wolf, et al., 20-cv-05883-JWS, preliminarily enjoined DHS from implementing or enforcing any part of the USCIS Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements rule.

While the rule is preliminarily enjoined, USCIS will continue to: