The First Hundred Days of the Biden-Harris Administration
The incoming Biden Administration is faced with standard challenges that come with the job, in addition to a raging pandemic…
Use of Discretion for Adjustment of Status Applications
For adjustment of status, the applicant has the burden of demonstrating eligibility, including that a favorable exercise of discretion is…
AILA Immigration Road Map for Biden Administration
Aims to ameliorate the damage done by the executive branch since Trump took office WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the American Immigration…
Diversity Immigrant Visa Program for 2022
Program Overview The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-created Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and…
WHAT IS THE INVESTOR VISA FOR ITALY?
Investor Visa For Italy is a 2-year visa for non-EU citizens who choose to invest in strategic assets for Italy’s economy…
Public Charge Update – USCIS
On November 3, 2020, the Seventh Circuit has issued an administrative stay of the N.D. of Illinois decision to vacate the DHS…
Public Charge Update – Form I-944
Based on concerns raised by members that USCIS’s instructions on the filing of Form I-485 with Form I-944 were unclear…
USCIS Final Fee Rule
On August 3, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule outlining changes in fees for certain…
What is the Visa Bulletin – Immigration
The Visa Bulletin is a tool for you and the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government can only give out a…
Who Can Vote in the U.S. Presidential Election?
VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS AMERICANS CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY Before You Vote – Make Sure You Are Eligible!…
USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Certain Agency Requests
USCIS announced that, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is extending flexibilities previously announced on March 30, 2020, to assist…
DHS, USCIS to Modernize, Define the Collection of Biometrics
WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security today announced the imminent publication of a Notice of Proposed Rule making that proposes expanding…
TPS Beneficiaries Retain Same Immigration Status after Traveling Abroad
TPS Beneficiaries Retain Same Immigration Status after Traveling Abroad WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a Policy Memorandum adopting the Administrative…
I-9 Compliance for Employers
ICE announces another extension to I-9 compliance flexibility WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced another extension…
Immigration and Voting in the Upcoming General Election
Immigration and Voting in the Upcoming General Election August 24, 2020 By Lara Borrego Law Clerk Bolour/ Carl Immigration Group…
Temporary Changes to H-2A (temporary agricultural workers) requirements
As a result of continued disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. food agriculture sector during the summer and upcoming fall agricultural…
U Visa Applications can be Rejected if questions are left blank
This alert updates and extends a December 2019 alert that purportedly empowers USCIS to reject a Form I-918 or Form I-918,…
P-1 Visa for Individual Athletes
P-1 visa for Individual Athletes of International Recognition: A P-1 visa is a perfect visa for an athlete who has…
Do Individual Athletes needs a Visa to Compete in the U.S.?
Many times our Office receive calls from individual athletes asking if they need a visa to compete in a tournament…
Injunction of the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule
As long as the July 29, 2020, SDNY decision is in effect, USCIS will apply the 1999 public charge guidance that…
Public Charge and Health Care
The fight to block President Trumps’s new requirement that prospective immigrants seeking visas prove they can get or pay for…
Immigration Court Backlogs
TRAC – a Syracuse University independent project that compiles data on immigration court (EOIR) dockets released its most recent report…
Visa Denial based on INA 212(a)(3)(B)
Not every denial of a U.S. visa application for an Iranian citizen is related to Trump’s travel ban. Some applicants…
Immigration Detention
Immigration Jails And Their Treatment Of Migrant Children In Their Custody Details have emerged on the death of one of…
Asylum – Wait Times
Vast Differences in Asylum Wait Times In January 2018 USCIS changed its policy on scheduling interviews for affirmative asylum applications. Their current…
