Implementation Dates Delayed for REAL ID-Compliant Driver Licenses, ID Cards
The REAL ID Act prohibits federal agencies, effective May 11, 2008, from accepting a state-issued driver’s license or identification card…
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The REAL ID Act prohibits federal agencies, effective May 11, 2008, from accepting a state-issued driver’s license or identification card…
A “caution” is a criminal disposition in the United Kingdom that may be issued to an offender by the police…
On November 6, 2014, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee met with USCIS Verification Division…
As we recently reported, on November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions broadly covering immigration law.…
In October, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would implement the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (HFRPP)…
On December 5, 2014, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the appointment of Stacy Stiffel Paddack as an…
Form I-94 is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Arrival/Departure Record issued by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
As previously reported, on November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions to crack down on illegal…
As previously reported, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the…
On November 14, 2014, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the…
The National Visa Center (NVC) has advised that, as of November 12, 2014, it will no longer require the submission…
On November 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that starting November 12, 2014, the United States and…
If you have already undergone one I-9 audit by ICE, you may think your business is now safe and off…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that Forms I-751, Petitions to Remove the Conditions on Residence, filed with the…
On November 3, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an alert reminding stakeholders that, as of September 30,…
The Form I-9 is used by employers to verify a new hire’s identity and to establish that the worker is…
USCIS recently issued policy guidance, published in the USCIS Policy Manual and Adjudicator’s Field Manual, related to the use of…
Earlier this year, as a result of Freedom of Information Request Act (FOIA) litigation, the U.S. Department of Labor released…
As part of a review and approval process that took place last summer, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)…
A permanent labor certification issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign national to…
Convictions of certain types of crimes, referred to as “aggravated felonies,” carry severe immigration consequences for foreign nationals seeking permanent…
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this month which cases it will hear in the coming year. Two of such cases…
As a reminder, employers need to be mindful when foreign national employees change from a nonimmigrant status exempt from Social…
The U.S. Department of State has published the monthly “Visa Bulletin” for November 2014. The Visa Bulletin is a government publication,…
E-Verify is the internet-based system through which employers can verify the work eligibility of new hires. Upon hiring a new employee,…
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) contains provisions that render a non-U.S. Citizen individual inadmissible, or removable/deportable under certain circumstances,…
Due to a recent increase in immigrant visa petitions approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the National Visa…
The registration period for the 2016 Diversity Visa Program opened on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight…
On September 26, 2014, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) posted draft guidance on pathway programs,…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently alerted that on July 1, 2014, it began using blue ink for many of…
A waiver of certain criminal grounds of inadmissibility under section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is available to…
The second preference employment based category for immigrant petitions for Indian nationals is expected to retrogress as early as November.…
When an employer becomes the subject of an enforcement audit by ICE and I-9 violations are discovered, civil fines for simple…
Beginning September 6, 2014, the U.S. Department of State’s fee to renounce U.S. citizenship increased fivefold—from $450 to $2,350. The…
On June 30, 2014, the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO), which is responsible for review of penalties…
Nonimmigrant and immigrant visa application fees for certain visa categories will change on September 12, 2014. All visa applicants must pay…
A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign national to work…
According to the U.S. Department of State, effective Saturday, August 23, 2014, the China Employment Fifth (EB-5) preference category has…
By now, many of our readers have likely seen Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks in the passport control area of…
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) contains a provision making an individual inadmissible to the United States if he or…
An immigration court in New York has begun what it is calling “surge docket” proceedings for unaccompanied minors. The court, which…
On August 15, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a press release addressing humanitarian relief that may potentially…
Before an employer may file an application under the Permanent Employment Certification (PERM) process, it must test the labor market…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the release of its first mobile app this week. The app, Mobile Passport Control…
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) issued draft guidance clarifying issues related to the…
Nonimmigrant visa applicants often inquire about attending consular interviews in a third country. Especially for foreign nationals who travel frequently,…
As we previously reported, the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs has been experiencing technical problems with its…
On July 30, 2014, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA), in Matter of Symantec, decided the issue of…
Last month, President Obama stated that he would do as much as he could on his own to fix the…
Hundreds of passport workers in the UK have gone on strike, citing staff numbers and pay as the cause of…
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with its passport and visa system. Consular…
As a general matter, most registered nurse (RN) positions do not qualify as H-1B specialty occupation positions because they do…
On July 17, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Shareholder William Flynn talked to News Radio 970 WFLA about the influx of…
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) regularly publishes a list of documents that it will accept…
According to data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, as of the end of June…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has reported that a recent problem resulting in the issuance of deficient approval…
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is an agency within the Department of Justice. EOIR’s immigration judges conduct administrative…
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held recently in Matter of Duarte-Luna, 26 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 2014), that the…
On June 27, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum on evaluating claims of “extraordinary circumstances”…
The push toward immigration reform over the past year has been a long and disappointing haul. What started as an optimistic…
In 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010),…
In April 2014, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) division of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced…
On November 5, 2013, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), issued an unpublished decision reversing the denial of an adjustment…