Proposal to Rescind H-4 Work Authorization Pending at OMB

6 years ago

It looks like DHS is close to publishing a regulation that will eliminate the eligibility for employment authorization of certain…

DOS Offers Guidance to Derivative Beneficiaries Completing Form DS-160

6 years ago

How a derivative beneficiary (of an immigrant petition) should answer the question on a DS-160 nonimmigrant visa application, “Has an…

Department of State’s “Invisible Wall”

6 years ago

Recent data released by the Department of State reveal that it too is laying brick after brick of an invisible…

News in Brief

6 years ago

The following additional items may be of interest to our readers: Cap-Subject H-1Bs Filed April 2018 Remain Pending; Premium Processing…

Updated Guidance on Spousal Petitions Involving Minor Spouses

6 years ago

USCIS has updated its guidance identifying factors officers should consider when adjudicating a Form I-130 spousal petition involving a minor.…

Partner Camila Palmer wins Asylum case!

6 years ago

"JUSTICE PREVAILS AGAIN IN  IMMIGRATION COURTS EVEN IN THE “POST-A-B-“ ERA — Outstanding Analysis By Judge Eileen Trujillo Of The U.S.…

U.S. Embassy in Caracas Suspends All Visa Services

6 years ago

On January 25, 2019, the Department of State announced that the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, suspended routine visa services…

Immigration Court Backlog Grows by 26 Percent

6 years ago

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, the administration’s plan to shrink the ballooning backlog of immigration…

Update on USCIS Practice of Denying Pending Advance Parole Travel Permit for Abandonment Due to International Travel

6 years ago

Most foreign nationals who apply for advance parole (travel permit) (Form I-131) in conjunction with an adjustment of status application…

New I-539 Form Must Be Used Starting on 3/11/2019

6 years ago

USCIS announced that it has revised Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, and that starting March 11, 2019, it…