L-1B Policy Development: USCIS Issues L-1B Adjudications Memo for Comment

Mechelle Zarou
Mechelle Zarou

Today, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum that provides guidance to field adjudicators on things to consider while adjudicating an L-1B petition.  Specifically, the new L-1B Adjudications Policy is meant to consolidate previous policy memoranda as well as supersede and rescind, in part, prior memoranda. Continue reading “L-1B Policy Development: USCIS Issues L-1B Adjudications Memo for Comment”

Court of Appeals Censures USCIS’ Narrow Interpretation of L-1B Visa Requirements

Maria del Carmen Ramos
Maria del Carmen Ramos

Over the last few years, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has made a concerted effort to restrict the number of L-1B visas being issued. And, without much oversight, USCIS has managed (almost unfettered) to do so primarily through unpublished, non-binding decisions issued by the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), selective reliance on precedent administrative decisions, and federal district court L-1B cases prior to 1990. Continue reading “Court of Appeals Censures USCIS’ Narrow Interpretation of L-1B Visa Requirements”