#498 Decades Inside DHS, DOS & the Visa Bulletin with Nicholas Perry, Esq.

What really happens on the other side of the immigration system? In Episode 498, John Q. Khosravi, Esq. sits down with Nicholas Perry, Esq., a former government attorney who has worked at nearly every corner of the immigration bureaucracy: INS, ICE, USCIS, DHS Office of the General Counsel, EOIR and the State Department Visa Office. Nick shares what it was like to write the STEM OPT regulations, why the 2017 travel ban rollout was chaos from the inside, how the Dates for Filing chart came to life in the Visa Bulletin, and why TRIG exemptions are one of the most underused tools in immigration law. If you've ever wondered how the policies you deal with every day actually get made, this one is for you.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Opening

00:33 Intro

01:21 Immigration Lawyers Toolbox Magazine

02:33 The new ILT Chrome extension

04:12 Meet Nicholas Perry, Esq.

05:03 From tour guide to congressional immigration caseworker

06:02 First job at EOIR

06:45 INS attorney in San Francisco and El Paso during 9/11