Top C.E.O.s Denounce Trump Immigration Policy as Threat to U.S. Economy
Please find here an interesting article on New York Times.
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Increase of Premium Processing Filing Fee
DHS published a final rule in today’s Federal Register increasing the premium processing filing fee by 14.92 percent, changing it from $1,225 to $1,410. The rule is effective October 1, 2018, and applications postmarked on …
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USCIS Changes Website, Backtracks On Foreign Student Rules
Please find here an interesting article on Forbes.
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Fundamental changes to finding of unlawful presence for F, M or J students and exchange visitors
Effective August 9, 2018, USCIS made fundamental changes to its policy inasmuch that students’ or exchange visitors’ status violations will automatically make them unlawfully present and subject to the 3- or 10-year reentry bars. Under …
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Judge Orders Full Restoration of DACA, with 20-Day Delay
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must fully restore the DACA program but delayed the order until August 23, 2018, to allow the government to respond and appeal. In the decision, the court …
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Visa Applicants Being Asked if Americans Can Do Their Jobs
An unexpected question has been popping up for some temporary employment visa applicants during their interviews at U.S. consulates: “Why can’t an American do this job?” “How do you even answer that question?” David Strashnoy …
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New USCIS guidance regarding the issuance of Notices to Appear has devastating consequences for visa denials.
USCIS published new guidance regarding the issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs). NTAs are issued to a noncitizen whom the federal government believes to be removable from the United States. The NTA sets forth the …
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Retrogression for EB-1 Green Cards in August 2018 Visa Bulletin
USCIS has just released the visa bulletin for August 2018 which provides for visa availability retrogression in the EB-1 category for worldwide applicants. The visa bulletin determines when adjustment applications can be submitted. For EB-1 …
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Judge demands independent audit of conditions at detention centers for migrant children
A federal judge in Los Angeles will appoint an independent auditor to oversee the treatment of children in immigrant detention facilities. The Friday ruling came a day after the court-imposed deadline for the Trump administration …
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Trump Administration installs „Denaturalization Task Force“
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) established a new office in order to identify people who lied on their citizenship applications and to denaturalize them. USCIS is hiring several dozen immigration officers to review …
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