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Foreign Entrepreneurs Series | Part 2: Immigrant Visas
In May, we began a series discussing some of the issues faced by foreign entrepreneurs when starting businesses in the…
Foreign Entrepreneurs Series | Part 1: Putting the Start-Up Cart before the Visa Horse / Nonimmigrant Visas
Navigating the legal landscape when starting a business can be tricky, and this is especially true when doing so in…
Immigration Judge Forced to Recuse Herself from Cases Involving Shared Heritage
An Iranian American immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after it issued an official order forcing…
Global Entry Expanded to Citizens of Panama
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently published a general notice announcing that it will be expanding the Global Entry…
Administrative Changes Will Create Opportunities for Startups
As we recently reported, on November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions broadly covering immigration law.…
Beware of Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program Scams
In October, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would implement the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (HFRPP)…
Original Civil Documents No Longer Required in Immigrant Visa Applications
The National Visa Center (NVC) has advised that, as of November 12, 2014, it will no longer require the submission…
I-751 Applications Transferred from Vermont Service Center to California Service Center
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that Forms I-751, Petitions to Remove the Conditions on Residence, filed with the…
H-1B Legacy Records No Longer Available
As part of a review and approval process that took place last summer, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)…
Supreme Court Will Hear Two Immigration Cases in 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this month which cases it will hear in the coming year. Two of such cases…
National Visa Center Cases Delayed for 60 Days
Due to a recent increase in immigrant visa petitions approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the National Visa…
India EB-2 Expected to Retrogress
The second preference employment based category for immigrant petitions for Indian nationals is expected to retrogress as early as November.…
Automated Passport Control
By now, many of our readers have likely seen Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks in the passport control area of…
CBP Launches Mobile Passport Control App
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the release of its first mobile app this week. The app, Mobile Passport Control…
Third Country Nationals: Consular Interviews Outside Your Home Country
Nonimmigrant visa applicants often inquire about attending consular interviews in a third country. Especially for foreign nationals who travel frequently,…
White House Plans to Expand Immigrants’ Rights
Last month, President Obama stated that he would do as much as he could on his own to fix the…
UK Passport Workers Go on Strike
Hundreds of passport workers in the UK have gone on strike, citing staff numbers and pay as the cause of…
Deficient Approval Notices Issued
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has reported that a recent problem resulting in the issuance of deficient approval…
BIA Holds Physical Presence of Parent Cannot be Imputed to Child for TPS Purposes
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held recently in Matter of Duarte-Luna, 26 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 2014), that the…
Unpublished BIA Decision: E-2 Spouses Not Required to Obtain EAD
On November 5, 2013, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), issued an unpublished decision reversing the denial of an adjustment…