Updates & Events

Attorney Jackson Guo has joined Fredrikson & Byron’s Shanghai office as an officer in the China Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions and International Groups.

The annual “Best Law Firms for Women” list recognizes 60 firms that utilize best practices in recruiting, retaining, promoting and developing women lawyers.

HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit agency that supports refugees, recently elected Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Robert D. Aronson as the new chair of its board of directors.

“It will take decades and—in some categories—a half century or more to process everyone else waiting now,” the report notes.

The Visa Bulletin also includes details on expected potential monthly movement for the next several months.

USCIS said this may mean scheduling applicants to appear for an interview at a field office outside of their normal jurisdictions.

E-Verify recently reminded employers not to accept restricted Social Security cards as List C documents on the I-9 work authorization verification form.

ICE has begun sending out notices of fines of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to immigrants in the United States without authorization for violations including “failing to depart the U.S. as previously agreed.”

The DOS released a statement recognizing an extension of Venezuelan passport validity for an additional five years past the printed date of expiration, for visa issuance and other consular purposes.

It is unclear when the regulation will be published or what, if any, changes have been made since the proposed rule was released in January 2017.