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Ella Leviyeva

Ella Leviyeva represents and advises corporate clients on their employment-based immigration matters. She focuses her practice on immigrant and non-immigrant transactional cases and compliance. She has experience handling a broad range of immigration matters, including H-1B, L-1A/B, EB-1A, E-2, E-3, O-1, J-1, R-1, and TN. Her experience extends across a spectrum of industries, including legal, technology, design, and financial services industries.

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On Dec. 15, 2021, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) extended the flexibility previously afforded to the Form I-9 compliance rules regarding physical document inspection through April 30, 2022. ICE…
Continue Reading ICE Announces Extension to I-9 Compliance Flexibility Regarding Physical Document Inspection Requirements

On Dec. 9, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily waive the requirement that the civil surgeon sign Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and…
Continue Reading USCIS Temporarily Waives 60-Day Rule for Civil Surgeon Signatures on Form I-693

On Aug. 9, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that applicants filing for Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status are now able to apply for a Social Security number …
Continue Reading USCIS Announces an Expanded Collaboration with the Social Security Administration for LPR Applicants

On May 11, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it no longer accepts written, mailed-in requests to reschedule biometrics appointments. Instead, requestors must call the USCIS Contact…
Continue Reading USCIS Tightens Policies Regarding Biometrics Appointment Reschedule Requests

On May 10, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is withdrawing a 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking that proposed to remove…
Continue Reading Department of Homeland Security Announces Continuation of International Entrepreneur Parole Program for Foreign Entrepreneurs

On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it was reinstating its guidance to immigration officers to defer to prior nonimmigrant petition approvals when adjudicating…
Continue Reading USCIS Issues Guidance Reinstating Deference Policy for Prior Approved Nonimmigrant Petitions

In response to the United States’ ongoing health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill, The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, to offer…
Continue Reading Proposed Bipartisan Bill to Recapture 40,000 Visas for Physicians and Nurses To Remedy Ongoing Shortage, Aid Ongoing COVID-19 Health Response