Biography
Gina Polo provides customized immigration solutions for clients throughout the U.S. and around the world. She strives to provide her clients with individual plans for their short- and long-term goals, taking into account their business and family priorities. Additionally, she performs immigration audits for companies to ensure they are in compliance with federal laws and regulations as they relate to immigration documentation.
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H1B Cap – Eight Times as Many Filings as Available Numbers!
On April 28, 2023, USCIS announced that for Fiscal Year 2024 (begins October 1, 2023), it received 758,994 eligible H1B…
Premium Processing Expansion
USCIS has announced that it will expand the Premium Processing Program. Effective January 30, 2023, Multi-National Executives and Managers, as…
Expanded Parole Program
Effective January 6, US Citizenship and Immigration Services has extended and implemented a new parole program previously only available for…
Changes to E Visa Applications
On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Pursuant to…
Investor Visas – Possible Important Changes
On December 15, 2022, Congress passed the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which, among…
Update on E and L Spouses – Employment Authorization
Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update regarding changes it is making to assist those spouses of…
Ukraine Receives Temporary Protected Status
On March 3, 2022 Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, designated Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…
Deferred Enforced Departure for Venezuelans Effective Today
The President has deferred the removal of Venezuelan nationals who are present in the United States as of January 20,…
USCIS Fee Increase to take Effect October 2, 2020
For months now, the Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has been discussing, and proposing, increases to…
Positive Resolution for U.S. Colleges and Universities and for International Students
Last week, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S.…
Newly Announced Changes Regarding International Student Visas Affect Colleges and Universities
On Monday, July 6, 2020, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications to its previously issued exemptions for…
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Tampa District Offices to Reopen for In-Person Services
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Tampa District has announced that it will begin reopening its local offices…
US Citizenship and Immigration Services Settlement Agreement and Rescinds 2018 Policy for H1B Workers at Third Party Work Sites
On May 20, 2020, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) signed a settlement agreement with plaintiffs who had sued the…
Temporary Closure of Trusted Traveler Program Enrollment Centers until July 6, 2020
On May 26, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it will extend the temporary closure of its…
Suspension of Entry to the US of Brazilians under Presidential Proclamation
On May 24, 2020, the White House issued a proclamation that temporarily bars persons who have been in Brazil from…
Immigration Processing and Travel Impacts of COVID-19
Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that effective March 18, 2020 all non-emergency in-person appointments at local offices, including appointments for…
New Rules Require Consular Officers to Deny Visitor Visas to Pregnant Women, Others
Effective January 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of State has issued a rule, and amended existing Regulations, regarding issuance of…
DHS Proposes Eighty-Three Percent Increase in Naturalization Application Fee
On November 14, 2019, Department of Homeland Security published a notice in the Federal Register regarding a proposed increase in…
Updates to I-94 Records and Why They’re Important
The Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), recently announced that it will no longer stamp passports of…
August 2019 Visa Numbers – How are You Affected?
Today, the U.S. Department of State published the Visa Bulletin for August 2019. Among the significant changes in availability of…
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Visa Revocations at U.S. Consular Posts
No longer is a finding of guilt, or even a finding of fault, necessary for a person’s U.S. visa to…
Our Trip Inside an Immigrant Detention Facility and How Congress Can Improve the Asylum Process
Like everyone in America and around the world, we have been following the news about the border separation policy of…