TPS Extended to January 4, 2021 for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan

7 years ago

On November 4, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it was extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Documentation…

USCIS Expects to Implement Pre-Registration Requirement for H-1B Lottery for Next Year, but No Formal Announcement Yet

7 years ago

On January 31, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule making significant changes to…

New Health Insurance Requirement for Immigrant Visa Applicants Temporarily Halted by Court

7 years ago

On Saturday, November 2, 2019, a judge in the U.S. District Court in the District of Oregon issued a temporary…

Attorney General Releases Two Decisions Limiting Eligibility for Immigration Relief based on Criminal History

7 years ago

Last Friday, on October 25, 2019, the U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided two cases that could have a significant…

New Health Insurance Requirements for Immigrant Visa Applicants

7 years ago

On October 4, 2019, President Trump issued a “Presidential Proclamation on Health Care,” declaring that all people applying for immigrant…

ICE Announces Implementation of Expanded Expedited Removal

7 years ago

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") has announced a new policy, scheduled to be in effect as of September…

DACA Update – Supreme Court to Review Challenges to Termination of DACA Program

7 years ago

On September 05, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.…

USCIS Announces Major Changes to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

7 years ago

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule that will…

Federal District Court Judge Blocks Trump’s Third Country Asylum Rule

7 years ago

As outlined in our blog, “Trump Administration Issues New Third Country Asylum Rule,” the new third-country asylum rule bars anyone…

Trump Administration Issues New Third Country Asylum Rule

7 years ago

  UPDATE: On July 24, 2019, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of San Francisco, California issued a preliminary injunction which…

USCIS Denver Field Office changes InfoPass Appointment Policy

7 years ago

In the past, Applicants for immigration benefits, their representatives, and other stakeholders were able to go online to schedule an…

Implications of Social Media Question on DS-160 and DS-260

7 years ago

The U.S. Department of State is now asking applicants for immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to provide information about their social…