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Nov 4, 20201 min read
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...
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Nov 2, 20202 min read
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...
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Oct 22, 20203 min read
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",...
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Oct 20, 20202 min read
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...
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Oct 12, 20202 min read
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....
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Oct 8, 20202 min read
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...
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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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...
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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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....
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Oct 1, 20202 min read
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...
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Sep 28, 20201 min read
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...
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Sep 24, 20201 min read
DHS Plans on Completely Eliminating Flexible "Duration of Status" Admissions
Traditionally, certain nonimmigrant foreign nationals, such as students, exchange visitors, and foreign media personnel (F, J, and I...
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Sep 22, 20201 min read
USCIS Retroactively Imposes Public Charge Requirement, Requests Burdensome I-944 Forms
Earlier today, USCIS announced, effective immediately, it would be imposing the enhanced public charge rule on applications for U.S....
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Sep 21, 20201 min read
U.S. Federal Judge Denies USCIS's Request to Dismiss H-1B Class-Action Lawsuit.
Last week, a federal judge in California, Judge Susan van Keulen, denied a request by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
U.S. Senate Declines to Grant TPS to Venezuelans
Yesterday, lawmakers attempting to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Venezuelan nationals failed in the Senate. The...
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Sep 15, 20201 min read
Crippling USCIS's National Benefits Center Hurts Economic Recovery
While a massive planned layoff at that facility had been recently scrapped, a threat to the contractors working there has nevertheless...
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Aug 24, 20201 min read
AILA Files Lawsuit to Prevent Substantial USCIS Fee Hikes
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security seeking to enjoin the...
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Aug 21, 20201 min read
Some U.S. Consulates Place Additional Requirements on E-2 Visa Business Plans
Frugal non-immigrant entrepreneurs planning on saving money by writing their own business plans may not be able to do so in the future....
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Aug 20, 20202 min read
USCIS Permits Use of EAD Approval Notice in Lieu of EAD ID Card Until End of Year
Foreign nationals have not been receiving their Employment Authorization ID cards (called "EADs") because USCIS is having an issue with...
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Jul 17, 20201 min read
U.S. Embassies and Consulates to Resume Limited Visa Services
As of July 15, 2020, U.S. Visa Services have begun resuming as Foreign Service Employees continue to gradually return to the U.S....
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