Adjustment of Status
The April Visa Bulletin was released last week as was some additional guidance from Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State. I will go through the highlights below. Family Based Immigration F1 (Unmarried Sons and Daughters of US Citizens): Most countries moved from June 1, 2010 to October 15, 2010,
Immigration
Just yesterday, a Federal District Court Judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order against part of the Executive Order issued by President Trump. The District Court Judge stopped the suspension of issuance of visas to citizens of the six listed countries as well as stopped the suspension of the
Immigration
President Trump signed a new executive order instituting a new travel ban slightly different than the last one. Below is a list of the major parts of the law, and how they are different from the previous order: 1. The ban is only against six countries, not seven. The ban
Immigration
AILA met with Charlie Oppenheim (the Department of State Employee in charge of the Visa Bulletin and determining Visa availability) on February 15th of this year. Below is some of the information Charlie gave us. EB-1: According to Charlie, despite the high usage of this category, he is now expecting
Immigration
A couple of weeks ago we informed you that the AAO decided a case in which they changed the standard for adjudicating NIW cases (See this blog post). USCIS has confirmed today that ALL pending NIW cases are on hold pending training for officers on the new standard. USCIS did
Immigration
Generally those with valid visas, permanent residency and citizens should not have problems travelling in and out of the US. However, considering the issues we have seen recently, I think it is worthwhile to keep certain things in mind if you are going to travel (and remember, the below is
Immigration
On Friday, a Judge in Washington State issues a nationwide injunction against enforcement of President Trumps Executive Order banning certain immigrants, non-immigrants and refugees from traveling to the United States. While the Trump administration has said that they will defen the ban in court, steps have been taken to come
Executive Orders
On Friday, January 27, 2017 President Trump signed an executive order on immigration restricting travel to the United States from citizens of seven countries - namely, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia & Libya. The initial interpretation and implementation of this order led to confusion among U.S. border agents
Executive Orders
While the Executive Order President Trump signed on January 27, 2017 affecting refugees and those from certain countries has come front and center, there were two other Executive Orders that Trump signed earlier last week. Border Security and Enforcement Improvements The first of these, the Border Security and Enforcement Improvements
Immigration
Last night, the Head of the Department of Homeland Security issued the following statement: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – In applying the provisions of the president's executive order, I hereby deem the entry of lawful permanent residents to be in the national
Immigration
Late Friday, President Trump signed a third executive order. As many of you are no doubt aware, travel has been restricted severely for those from certain countries (Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen). If you are a non-immigrant OR immigrant from any of those countries we would not
Adjustment of Status
USCIS has received a new form - I-485 Supplement J - for those filing an I-485 (or to update an already filed I-485). The new form is required for ALL persons filing an I-485 based upon an approved I-140 or a pending I-140 EXCEPT those filing a National Interest Waiver