by Dana Rifai | Feb 23, 2021 | Business and Personal
BCC proudly features Pandemic Parenting, Inc., a nationally recognized non-profit organization providing resources to all those who care for children during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization is led by Dr. Amanda Zelechoski, a Valparaiso... read more
by Dana Rifai | Dec 14, 2020 | News
Attorney Dana Rifai has been invited to join the board of the Center of Workforce Innovations, Inc., a nonprofit workforce development organization with its finger on the pulse of employment and economic development in Indiana. I’m honored and excited to join the... read more
by Dana Rifai | Oct 20, 2020 | Business and Personal, Estate Planning
The Secure Act has thrown all estate planners for a loop. It requires, among other things, a beneficiary of an inherited individual retirement account (IRA) to receive required minimum distributions (RMD) over the course of 10-years, rather than stretching out... read more
by Dana Rifai | Jun 25, 2020 | Immigration
While immigration suspensions seemed to be a temporary salve against the COVID-19 outbreak, much longer suspensions became effective with President Trump’s newest proclamation issued on June 22, 2020. The entry of certain employment-based nonimmigrants seeking... read more
by Dana Rifai | Feb 11, 2020 | Business and Personal, Estate Planning, News
President Trump signed into law on December 20, 2019 the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the Secure Act). Not only does the new law influence retirement planning but will affect estate plans too. Featured at ICLEF’s Law Blogs The... read more
by Dana Rifai | Jan 16, 2020 | Immigration
Change in H-1B cap-subject work visa application procedureHi Friends, I’m here to tune you in to a change in the cap-subject H-1B work visa application procedure. Rather than opening the H-1B application pool on April 1st, USCIS has now implemented a pre-application... read more
by Dana Rifai | Feb 1, 2019 | Immigration
On January 31, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule: revising how cap-subject H-1B petitions are selected in the random lottery by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); andimplementing an electronic registration... read more
by Dana Rifai | Jan 31, 2019 | Immigration
The change in policy on determination of unlawful presence for foreign students will have an impact on the H-1B cap season. The August 9, 2018 USCIS Policy Memorandum results in the accrual of unlawful presence depending on the date of the status violation.... read more
by Dana Rifai | Aug 2, 2018 | Immigration
Effective August 9, 2018 Effective August 9, 2018, USCIS will change its policy on the determination of unlawful presence for foreign students, vocational students and exchange visitors who were admitted or are present in the United States for duration of status.... read more
