USCIS Begins Accepting Applications Under Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Law
On December 26, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting applications to adjust status…
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On December 26, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting applications to adjust status…
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that as of December 16, 2019, Venezuelan nationals wishing to enter the…
On November 21, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued policy guidance explaining how USCIS applies the Board of…
On November 14, 2019, Department of Homeland Security published a notice in the Federal Register regarding a proposed increase in…
On November 4, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Federal Register Notice automatically extending the validity of…
On November 2, 2019, a coalition of interested parties, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Justice Action Center and…
Earlier this month, President Trump issued Proclamation 9945, titled “Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United…
We previously reported on USCIS’s publication and prospective implementation of a new “Public Charge” rule. This rule seeks to expand…
Immigration officers can deny a Green Card or other visa if they determine that the applicant is “likely to become…
The Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), recently announced that it will no longer stamp passports of…
On August 28, 2019, USCIS released a new policy memorandum, binding on all agency employees and adjudications, changing the way…
You may have seen articles discussing next month’s “Visa Bulletin” and what it means for employment-based visa preference categories. But…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has historically maintained International Offices in countries around the globe as part of the…
On August 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that the maximum validity of E visa stamps for…
In March 2019, the Social Security Administration (SSA) resumed issuance of Educational Correspondence (EDCOR)/Employer Correction Requests (known as “no-match” letters).…
Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule on inadmissibility on public charge grounds, dramatically expanding…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 23, 2019 that final regulations will be published on July 24,…
With a sunset date on the United States EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program set for September 30, 2019 as well…
Today, the U.S. Department of State published the Visa Bulletin for August 2019. Among the significant changes in availability of…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently announced that The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finalized changes in the fees…
After several seasons of suspending the premium processing service in connection with H-1B Cap-Subject petitions due to “high demand,” this…
On May 30, 2019, a new question was added to Forms DS-160 and DS-260, requiring the disclosure of visa applicants’…
The EB-5 program has long provided a path to US Lawful Permanent Residence to immigrant investors willing to invest lawfully…
USCIS has confirmed that for the month of June 2019, eligibility for filing employment-based adjustment of status applications will be…
On May 17, 2019, USCIS announced that it has completed the “H-1B lottery” selection process for petitions filed during the…
This week, I was honored and very proud to become the new President of the South Florida Chapter of the…
The U.S. Embassy in Israel recently announced that Israeli citizens are now eligible to apply for the E-2 treaty investor…
USCIS recently announced an update to the agency’s Policy Manual, clarifying that violations of federal controlled substance law, including violations…
There are increasing reports of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) refusing to review L-1 petitions presented at Canadian ports…
As a part of ongoing efforts by United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to revamp the H-1B visa program…
On March 19, 2019, USCIS announced yet another change for H-1B cap petitions to be filed on April 1, 2019.…
On January 13, 2017, a few days before the new administration took office, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued…
After a long fought legal battle with the State Department, a federal judge in California recently ruled that a twin…
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) South Florida Chapter will host its 40th Annual Immigration Law Update Conference on February…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has resumed the Premium Processing option for H-1B petitions filed on or before December…
On February 11, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will publish a revised Form I-539, Application…
On February 5, 2019, USCIS announced that it will be closing its Field Office in Moscow, Russia, effective March 1,…
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) and Mission China have announced changes to consolidate the processing of employment-based H and…
On January 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule that changes the process by which…
A common mistake we see all too often is foreign nationals entering the United States in B-2 visitor status with…
No longer is a finding of guilt, or even a finding of fault, necessary for a person’s U.S. visa to…