The Current Immigration Climate and The Coronavirus
Recent changes to U.S. immigration policy may exacerbate the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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Birth Tourism Visa Regulation Rule Change
Beginning January 24, 2020, the State Department will no longer issue temporary visitor (B-1/B-2) visas to aliens seeking to enter the United States for “birth tourism” – the practice of traveling to the United States to secure automatic and permanent...
Hiring an Immigration Attorney is the Best Decision You Can Make for Your Future in America
Immigration attorneys help companies, families and individuals navigate the complex world of U.S. immigration law.
USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Fiscal Year 2021 Cap Season
Release Date: Dec. 6, 2019 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it has completed a successful pilot testing phase and is implementing the registration process in the next H-1B lottery. Employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the...
H-1B Electronic Registration Process for FY 2021 Cap Season
On January 9, 2020, USCIS formally announced the implementation of the H-1B registration process for fiscal year 2021 H‑1B cap-subject petitions through the Federal Register. The initial registration period will run from March 1 through March 20, 2020, for FY...
USCIS Proposes Significant Filing Fee Increases to Meet Operational Needs
On November 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to adjust the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigration Examination Fee Account fee schedule. This proposed regulation would dramatically increase the...
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program: New Rule with Increased Minimum Investment Amounts Required
On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published the final rule that modernizes the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. Said new rule reflects a number of significant changes, that may affect you as an investor, planning to benefit...
Registration Period for Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV) Lottery for FY 2021 to Open Soon!
The Department of State released the instructions for the 2021 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2021), popularly known as the DV or green card lottery. The DV lottery, through a randomized computer drawing, provides a specific number of permanent resident visas (“green...
Trump issues proclamation to deny visas to immigrants who can’t pay for health care by Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Friday that will bar immigrant visa applicants from entering the United States unless they can prove they will have health insurance or the means to pay for medical care. Visa applicants will...
November 2019 Visa Bulletin
The State Department has released the November 2019 Visa Bulletin. At a glance, we can say that the movement in the family-sponsored preference category is normal and steady from the previous months. Although for Mexico, F1 and F4 have not...
