In the first year of the Trump Administration, immigration policies targeting undocumented immigrants, refugees and nationals of certain predominantly Muslim countries made the headlines. Nonetheless, new policies also impacted employment-based immigration. USCIS announced that in-person …
Read MoreWASHINGTON —U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated policy guidance today clarifying that a proxy vote must be irrevocable to establish the requisite control of a company in an L-1 visa petition. A U.S. …
Read MoreWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER), in accordance with a recent court decision. Although the IER was published during the previous administration …
Read MoreOn 10/23/2017, USCIS issued a new memo announcing it will no longer give deference to prior I-129 approvals when adjudicating extension of stay I-129 petitions. This latest policy memo illustrates USCIS’ intent to increase scrutiny …
Read MoreBeginning October 1, 2017, USCIS will require far more people to appear at its offices for in-person interviews, including all employment-based green card applicants as well as asylees and refugees who are petitioning for a spouse or …
Read MoreOn September 18, 2017, in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a new rule in the Federal Register last week, that establishes that certain electronic documents be part …
Read MoreIt’s time again for the Department of State’s annual green card lottery which issues 50,000 green cards to persons from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. This year’s registration it is open …
Read MoreTravel Ban partly re-instated The Supreme Court ruled that the government can only enforce the travel ban against foreign nationals who do not have ‘a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person …
Read MoreAll people living in the United States, including undocumented immigrants, have certain U.S. Constitutional rights. If you are undocumented and immigration (ICE) officers stop you on the street or in a public place, know you …
Read MoreAll people living in the United States, including undocumented immigrants, have certain U.S. Constitutional rights. If immigration officers (ICE) come to your work place, they must have a valid search warrant or the consent of …
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