The prospect of a second Trump administration raises significant questions about the future of immigration policy. Trump’s first term saw notable shifts, including travel bans, visa challenges, and procedural and substantive restrictions for many visa types. These measures [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the August 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of notable [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the July 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the notable forward movement in EB-1/EB-2/EB-3 India and [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the June 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is (again) the lack of any meaningful movement across any of [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) have just announced a change in their policy regarding the validity period of a Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, when filed in support of a Form I-485 Adjustment of [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the May 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of any meaningful movement across any of the employment-based [...]
USCIS has just released a new new temporary final rule (link to rule) effective as of April 8, 2024 pursuant to which the EAD auto-extension period is increased (again) from up to 180 days to up to 540 [...]
USCIS has announced that they have received and selected sufficient number of H-1B “cap” registrations for the available 85,000 H-1B work visas. As a result, the H-1B cap registration selection period has been completed and all selected registrants (via [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the April 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is positive forward movement: notable forward movement in [...]
Many of our clients and readers are aware that the Department of Homeland Security is significantly increasing the USCIS filing fees starting April 1, 2024. We published a detailed alert for all of the fees (see details); however, for [...]
