We invite you to come listen to Attorney Evelyn Hahn, Managing Partner at David Hirson & Partners, LLP, speak on immigration topics for foreign nationals seeking to live and work in the U.S. This webinar will be hosted by the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB International) on September 10, 2020 (in the U.S.) / September 11, 2020 (in Korea).
On August 25, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they would be suspending furloughs of 13,400 employees until at least November 2020. It was discovered that USCIS had $800 million in additional revenue that would allow them to continue operations and prevent the U.S. immigration system from grinding to a halt. Stakeholders in the industry
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there have been extensive delays in the production and delivery of Employment Authorization Documents (EAD cards) by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Therefore, as a temporary remedy, USCIS announced on 8/19/20 that employees may use Form I-797, Notice of Action, with a notice date on or after 12/1/19, through and including
Attorney Eric Dominguez, partner at David Hirson & Partners, LLP (DHP), has been appointed to serve as one of American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Southern California 2020-2021 congressional advocacy liaisons. He has been serving as an AILA consular liaison every year since 2015.
Attorney Megan Guzman, associate at DHP, has also been appointed to
On August 12, 2020, Attorney Niral Patel, partner at David Hirson & Partners, LLP, moderated and spoke on a panel hosted by Invest in the USA (IIUSA). This panel discussed the EB-5 program in South Asian investor markets. This timely webinar provided an interesting discussion with key insights into the evolving South Asian investor marketplace.
We invite you
Come join the Orange County Bar Association‘s Immigration Law Section’s upcoming webinar on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 12 pm pacific time. This webinar will provide a look at recent updates and changes to U.S. investment immigration.
Attorneys David Hirson and Evelyn Hahn, both of whom are co-managing partners at David Hirson & Partners, LLP, will be discussing
On August 12, 2020, the IRS updated their website to notify the public, especially individuals with Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITINs), that their ITIN may expire before they file a tax return in 2021. Specifically, the IRS indicated that all ITINs not used on a federal tax return at least once in the last three years will expire on December
On August 14, 2020, USCIS started selecting more H-1B registrations (from the March 2020 registration period) for the “August 2020 Selection of Reserve Registration.” This means that the annual H-1B visa statutory cap of 65,000 H-1B visas has not yet been met. H-1B registrants should check their USCIS online account to see if their H-1B registration from March of this
On August 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of State quietly updated their website to inform the public of further updates to exceptions under P.P. 10052 for certain travel in the national interest by nonimmigrants.
While a complete list of P.P. 10052 exceptions for H, L, and J can be found on the U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Consular
On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals limited the nationwide injunction out of New York that blocked the Trump administration’s public charge rule. Previously on July 29, 2020, the New York federal court had temporarily stopped the implementation of the public charge rule that penalizes immigrant applicants for using public benefit programs like Medicaid and Food