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AILA Doc. No. 21020430 | Dated February 3, 2021 | File Size: 805 K
Download the DocumentUSCIS issued a policy memo noting that, in light of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Innova Solutions v. Baran, effective immediately, it is rescinding the 2017 policy memo (PM-602-0142), “Rescission of the December 22, 2000 ‘Guidance Memo on H1B Computer Related Positions.’”
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- Practice Alert: Biden Administration Rescinds Buy American and Hire American (BAHA) EO and 2017 Computer Programmer Memo
- PM-602-0142: Rescission of the December 22, 2000 “Guidance Memo on H1B Computer Related Positions” (3/31/17)
- Guidance Memo on H1B Computer Related Positions (12/22/00)
- CA9 Reverses USCIS’s Denial of H-1B Visa Filed on Behalf of Indian Citizen with Bachelor’s Degree as a Computer Programmer (Innova Solutions, Inc. v. Baran, 12/16/20)
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