The Department of Homeland Security has released a proposed rule seeking to increase many of the Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) application filing fees. The weighted average of the increase is 21 percent and USCIS is making form changes and introducing [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the December 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the third Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the very slow forward movement [...]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that as of November 11, 2019, citizens of Poland will be able to apply to travel to the United States for tourism or business purposes for up to 90 days without obtaining a U.S. visa under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). ESTA Authorization Required Under [...]
Every day, our office receives numerous inquiries and questions about the anticipated movements in the Visa Bulletin cutoff dates. So when we have reliable information, we are happy to share with our readers and clients. Mr. Charles Oppenheim, who is the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the U.S. Department [...]
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that they are increasing the I-907 premium processing service filing fee by $30 from $1,410 to $1,440. The new premium processing filing fee increase will become effective for all requests mailed, postmarked [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the November 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the second Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the very slow forward movement [...]
While few, if any, of our clients and readers spent too much time planning and celebrating, October 1st is an important date as it marks the beginning of the new government fiscal year. The beginning of the new fiscal year turnover has immigration implications for many — for example, H-1B cap petitions are [...]
The Department of State has announced the DV-2021 Diversity Visa (a.k.a. “green card”) lottery dates. The dates for electronic entry submission for this year’s lottery are between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 2, 2019, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), on Tuesday, November 5 2019. Applicants may access the electronic Diversity [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service ("USCIS") requires any non-English language document submitted as evidence or in support of an application or petition to be accompanied by a certified English translation which has to meet certain specific requirements. Foreign Language Translation Requirements According to the Code of Federal Regulations, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), Any document containing foreign [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is that [...]
