Former USCIS Associate Counsels on EB-1A & EB-2 NIW Trends

In this edition of The Immigration Weeds, Finn is joined by Kristin Whitaker and Melissa Warburton—both former Associate Counsels at USCIS and now Founding Partners at Whitaker & Warburton—to do a deep dive on why so much has changed in the last year for EB-2 NIW and EB-1A adjudication trends. Work with Kristin & Melissa → ⁠https://www.whitakerwarburtonlaw.com/ Connect with Finn (Lawfully): My email → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  / finnreynolds3   The Immigration Weeds is a semi-regular series under the Realtime Immigration podcast feed. In these episodes, Finn will do an immigration policy deep dive with a researcher, former government professional, or other expert. --- Realtime Immigration is brought to you by Lawfully—the leading immigration case tracking and data platform.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (editado)

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