New Immigration Fees To Hit Businesses Hard
Please find here an interesting article on Forbes.
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Documentary Film Groups File Lawsuit Challenging DOS Requirement That Visa Applicants Provide Social Media Indentifiers
Earlier this month, two documentary film organizations filed a lawsuit challenging DOS rules requiring nearly all individuals who apply for U.S. visas from abroad to register their social media identifiers with the U.S. government. The …
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USCIS announces implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process for FY 2021
USCIS announced that it has completed a pilot testing phase and is implementing the registration process in the next H‑1B lottery. Per the announcement, employers seeking to file H‑1B cap-subject petitions for the FY2021 cap, including …
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Oppose dramatic fee increases by USCIS
On November 14, USCIS proposed a regulation that, if implemented, would require applicants and petitioners to pay increased fees for decreased services. In recent years, USCIS case processing has slowed dramatically, due in significant part to the …
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Poland Enters the US Visa Waiver Program
Poland officially began its participation in the U.S. Visa Waive (VWP) on November 11, 2019. Now, Polish nationals can spend up to 90 days in the United States without first obtaining a visa. Overall, Poland’s entry …
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Civil Rights Coalition Halts Implementation of Presidential Proclamation Requiring Health Insurance
On Saturday, the implementation of the administration’s attempt to ban immigrants based on their ability to obtain health insurance upon arrival to the U.S. was successfully halted in court. Stay tuned for more developments.
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USCIS to increase Premium Processing fee to $1,440
Beginning on Nov. 29, the premium processing fee will increase to $1,440 from the current fee of $1,410 for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker which is the form used for employment-based visa petitions …
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Injunctions on Public Charge Rule
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York enjoined and restrained DHS and USCIS from “enforcing, applying, or treating as effective” the DHS public charge final rule. In addition, the court …
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Diversity Green Card Lottery For Fiscal Year 2021 Open Now
It’s time again for the Department of State’s annual green card lottery which issues 55,000 green cards to persons from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. This year’s registration it is …
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Trump directs officials to toughen asylum rules
Please find here an interesting article on Reuters.
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