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The State Department Wants to View Your Social Media
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has requested the Office of Management and Budget to approve a revision of the visa application forms, adding several new questions. A visa applicant to list all of the social media platforms he or she used during the preceding five years. DOS said it will collect this information from […]
By mdeutsch | Published April 4, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications | Tagged applying for immigration, family-based immigration, foreign workers, Immigration, immigration application, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, Practice of immigration law, State Department, US Visa, visa | Comments Off on The State Department Wants to View Your Social Media
DHS Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans
On Jan. 8, 2018, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador with a delayed effective date of 18 months to allow for an orderly transition before the designation terminates on Sept. 9, 2019. Text of the government’s announcement is below. Contact […]
By mdeutsch | Published January 10, 2018 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications | Tagged applying for immigration, Asylum, family-based immigration, foreign workers, I-9 discrimination, Immigration, immigration application, immigration delays, immigration for children, immigration general, immigration reform, undocumented workers, work permits | Comments Off on DHS Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans
Giving Away With One Hand, Taking Away With the Other, International Entrepreneur Rule
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 14, 2017, that it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) in accordance with a recent court decision. USCIS noted that while the agency implements the IER, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will also “proceed with issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking […]
By mdeutsch | Published December 20, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Uncategorized | Tagged employment-based immigration, entrepreneurs, foreign workers, Immigration, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, obtaining us visa in canada, US Visa, USCIS, visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on Giving Away With One Hand, Taking Away With the Other, International Entrepreneur Rule
U.S. Supreme Court Permits Implementation of Trump Travel Ban
In late September 2017, President Trump issued his third attempt at imposing travel restrictions on people from certain countries. Federal district courts in Hawaii and Maryland temporarily struck down the new travel ban. Those cases are now pending before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Ninth Circuits. The travel ban only applies […]
By mdeutsch | Published December 6, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visas, H-4 visas, homeland security, Immigration, immigration delays, immigration general, immigration reform, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, State Department, travel ban, undocumented workers, US Visa, visa, Visas | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Permits Implementation of Trump Travel Ban
Previous H-1B Approval No Longer Assures Extension will be Approved
Under updated policy guidance, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is instructing its officers to apply the same level of scrutiny to both initial petitions and extension requests for certain nonimmigrant visa categories. The guidance applies to nearly all nonimmigrant classifications filed using Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. In other words, previous approval […]
By mdeutsch | Published November 2, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, employment-based immigration, H-1B, H-1B Visas, immigration application, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, NAFTA, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, US Visa, Visas | Comments Off on Previous H-1B Approval No Longer Assures Extension will be Approved
USCIS Resuming “Premium Processing” for all H-1B Petitions
October 3, 2017 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing today for all H-1B visa extension of stay petitions. Premium processing is now available for all types of H-1B petitions. H-1B visas provide skilled workers for a wide range of specialty occupations, including information technology, engineering, and mathematics. When a petitioner requests the […]
By Morris Deutsch | Published October 3, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News | Tagged employment-based immigration, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visas, H-4 visas, Immigration, immigration application, immigration for executives, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, US Visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on USCIS Resuming “Premium Processing” for all H-1B Petitions
President Orders End of Daca . . . For Now
On September 5, 2017, President Donald Trump ordered the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama administration program that allowed certain people who came to the United States as children, known as “Dreamers,” to continue to live, go to school, and work in the country. He said that his administration’s position is […]
By mdeutsch | Published September 20, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Media and Publications | Tagged applying for immigration, Congress on immigration, DACA, deferred action status, employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, H-1B Visas, Immigration, immigration application, immigration delays, immigration for children, immigration general, immigration reform, undocumented workers, work permits | Comments Off on President Orders End of Daca . . . For Now
Ending DACA Would Be Inhumane and Bad for America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) condemned reported plans that the Trump Administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with a six-month enforcement delay. This decision would leave the lives and dreams of nearly 800,000 hardworking DACA recipients hanging from the thread of an unspecified, hoped-for legislative solution. […]
By mdeutsch | Published September 4, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Media and Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, Congress on immigration, DACA, deferred action status, Immigration, immigration application, immigration delays, immigration for children, immigration general, immigration reform, undocumented workers, work permits | Comments Off on Ending DACA Would Be Inhumane and Bad for America
U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Russia Suspend Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance
The U.S. Department of State has announced it will suspend nonimmigrant visa (NIV) operations in Russia. The action, beginning August 23, 2017, is being taken in reaction to the Russian government’s imposition of a personnel cap on the U.S. Mission. Affected visa types will include tourist (B-2), professional worker (H-1B and L-1), exchange visitor (J-1) […]
By mdeutsch | Published August 22, 2017 | Posted in Immigration, Immigration News, Uncategorized | Tagged applying for immigration, employment-based immigration, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visas, H-4 visas, Immigration, immigration application, immigration for businesses, immigration for executives, immigration general, nonimmigrant visas, professional workers, State Department, US Visa, Visas, work permits | Comments Off on U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Russia Suspend Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance
Pres. Trump Has Kept His Word and Ramped Up Deportations Significantly
One of the few areas where the Trump administration is actually accomplishing its goals is in deporting a lot more of the people who lack permission to be in the United States. An article by the American Immigration Council, reprinted in full below, sets it out nicely: Six Months of Immigration Enforcement Under the New […]
By Morris Deutsch | Published July 24, 2017 | Posted in Immigration News | Tagged Asylum, Barack Obama, Congress on immigration, deferred action status, family-based immigration, foreign workers, I-9 discrimination, Immigration, immigration and crime, immigration application, immigration general, immigration plan, immigration reform, refugees, undocumented workers, work permits | Comments Off on Pres. Trump Has Kept His Word and Ramped Up Deportations Significantly
