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Public Charge Rule Lives... Again... For Now

Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit entered an administrative stay of the lower district court's ruling. The...

U.S. Federal Court Strikes Down Public Charge Rule Yet Again

BREAKING: A federal district court has just granted summary judgment vacating the Trump Administration's enhanced "Public Charge Rule" in...

USCIS's Big Ban on Blanks!

It is unsurprising that this Administration, which brought us policies like "Zero Tolerance Family Separation" and "No Dark Courtrooms",...

U.S. State Department Proposing to Eliminate "B-1 in Lieu of H" Visas.

The U.S. State Department has announced plans to summarily terminate "B-1 in lieu of H" visas. Immigration lawyers have been regularly...

Get USCIS to Waive the Interview for Your U.S. Permanent Residence

Year after year, countless foreign nationals obtain U.S. permanent residence by marrying U.S. citizens and filing to Adjust Status....

Au Pair Program Crippled with Immediate Moratorium

The U.S. Department of State ("DOS") is immediately imposing a moratorium on growth in the J-1 Au Pair Program. This program permits...

Administration Raises the Bar on H-1B Eligibility

The Administration is publishing rules that will change the computation of prevailing wage levels, the effect of which will make it more...

Annual "Green Card" Lottery (DV-2022) Opens on October 7, 2020!

The annual Diversity Visa Program a/k/a "the Green Card Lottery" will be open for registration from Wednesday October 7, 2020 (12:00 p.m....

More Premium Processing: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul?

While the expansion of premium processing will be hailed by many foreign nationals as a godsend, we should all be cautiously optimistic...

Major Fee Hike to Affect Immigration Applications Postmarked After October 1, 2020.

Due to the hefty increase in U.S. immigration fees that goes into effect at the end of this week, foreign nationals are assiduously...

Trump Teases "Path to Citizenship" for Foreigners with H-1B Status

While many corporate employers will sponsor #H1B employees for U.S. permanent residence, many refuse to do so. If we take #President...

Why Lawful Permanent Residence is Inadequate, and You Should Apply for U.S Citizenship!

Attorneys constantly recommend that Lawful Permanent Residents apply for U.S. citizenship once they have lived in the U.S. for the...