by admin | May 17, 2019 | General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Visas
The United States Department of State (DOS) has chosen the winners of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery. Foreign nationals who entered the lottery can visit the official Diversity Visa Lottery website to see if they were selected to submit an...
by admin | May 10, 2019 | F-1/M-1, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In August 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a memorandum that altered agency policy regarding the calculation of unlawful presence for F, J, and M nonimmigrants and their dependents. A federal district court judge has...
by admin | May 3, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
A new Presidential Memorandum directs the Department of State (DOS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide recommendations to tighten B-1 and B-2 visitor visa enforcement. Specifically, the Memorandum directs DOS and DHS to do the following:...
by admin | May 3, 2019 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, L-1, Latest News, Naturalization, Visas
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reportedly expanded its restriction of L-1 renewal applications for Canadian nationals at the border. This new policy is now being implemented at nearly all U.S.-Canada ports of entry (POEs) and Canadian...
by admin | Apr 26, 2019 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, L-1, Latest News, Naturalization, Visas
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is reporting that there may be adjudication policy changes related to L-1 petitions at several ports of entry (POEs) along the international border between the U.S. and Canada. According to AILA, there are reports...
by admin | Apr 25, 2019 | Bulletin, Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its May 2019 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there were steady advancements for all priority dates except for EB-1 for China and India which saw no advancement. EB-1-Worldwide: China: Priority date of February...
