Legal Updates

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year 2022.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently clarified Form I‑9 guidance related to Native American Tribal documents in M‑274, Handbook for Employers.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that for all H-1B and H-1B1 petitions received on or after April 1, 2022, USCIS will no longer accept a single, combined fee payment when Forms I-539, I-765 or  I-824 are filed together with an H-1B or H-1B1 petition.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently released statistics on the H-1B cap registration process.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is encouraging eligible applicants to consider requesting to transfer the underlying basis of their adjustment of status applications to the first or second employment-based preference categories.

The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for March 2022 includes several updates.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new mission statement after asking its employees to “submit words that they felt best illustrated the agency’s work.”

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published updated policy guidance that changes the maximum validity period that may be granted for employment authorization documents.

The two most troubling sales tax issues for companies tend to be related to software and direct mail. Direct mail is especially difficult, as there are numerous issues to untangle, and a robust understanding of the facts is critical.

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose new rules applicable to registered investment advisers and investment companies.