Corporate Immigration Law News

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in its Policy Manual to address the documentation that certain E and L nonimmigrant spouses may use as evidence of employment authorization based on their nonimmigrant status.

On November 12, 2021, USCIS issued a policy announcement to clarify that it will consider E and L spouses to be employment authorized based on their valid E or L nonimmigrant status. Since the November 2021 announcement, the Department of Homeland Security added new Class of Admission (COA) codes to distinguish between E and L spouses and children. Read more here:

For further information, please contact: Anthony F. Siliato, Scott R. Malyk, Lin R. Walker, or Stacey A. Simon.

NEWARK, NJ — Meyner and Landis LLP is pleased to announce that Stacey A. Simon has been named a Partner in the firm’s Immigration Law Group. She is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York. She has extensive experience in all areas of immigration law, with emphasis on employment-based and family- based petitions. She represents U.S. and multinational employers in connection with all aspects of employment matters related to U. S. immigration laws and regulations. Ms. Simon provides ongoing advice, counsel and training with respect to E-Verify, Form I-9 compliance, maintenance, audits, and corrective measures to mitigate fine, as well as negotiate with government officials to reach settlement agreements to reduce fines. She also counsels and trains clients on compliance and maintenance of documentation as required by law for non-immigrant visas. Ms. Simon has coordinated and overseen several large scale audits for corporate clients by various government agencies including ICE (I-9 audits) and the Department of Labor (Public Access File audits associated with H-1B filings).