Updates & Events

If you appealed an IRF overpayment decision, you may be eligible to join this settlement. Instructions for submission can be found on the CMS website.

Fredrikson & Byron’s Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Kelly Griffith, was named a 2019 Unsung Legal Hero by Minnesota Lawyer magazine.

Aleida Ortega Conners was named a 2019 Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer magazine.

Until further notice, employers should continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, currently available on I-9 Central, even after the August 31, 2019, expiration date has passed.

USCIS has changed the direct filing addresses for certain petitioners filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, as of September 1, 2019.

18 attorneys general have filed an amicus brief challenging a new DHS expansion of expedited removal of undocumented immigrants. The signers support a preliminary injunction to bar implementation while the court case is proceeding.

Among other things, the 217-page final rule defines certain terms and explains factors DHS will consider when making a public charge inadmissibility determination. Lawsuits have been filed.

The bulletin notes that it is “likely that corrective action will also be required for other preferences prior to the end of the fiscal year.”

New site visits are underway to question foreign students and company managers on optional practical training in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The first planned closures are the field offices in Monterrey, Mexico, and Seoul, South Korea, at the end of September 2019.