On May 11, 2021, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will continue the International Entrepreneur (IE) parole program. The goal of the IE program is to increase and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation in the U.S. The IE program was created in 2017 to enable foreign entrepreneurs to create and develop […]
On March 12, 2021, Burma was designated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months based on the ongoing crisis there. TPS designation allows Burmese nationals (and individuals who habitually reside in Burma without nationality) currently residing in the U.S. to file initial applications for TPS. If you are granted TPS, you cannot be removed from […]
This rule will eliminate the previously used Duration of Status (D/S) and set the Fixed Term Limit to the Student and Exhange Visitors (F and J Visas) and representatives of foreign media (I Visa). We believe this was done to make it easier for ICE to quantify and pursue Overstays. However, as a side effect, […]
Recently, our office successfully petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to vacate the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) which had affirmed the denial of our client’s asylum case. Our client’s case was denied by an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) based on an adverse credibility determination. The BIA affirmed this […]
On the recent development, The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the Final Public Charge rule to go in effect (Cook County et al V. Wolf et al). USCIS has resumed implementing Public Charge Rule beginning November 4, 2020. Previously, on November 2, 2020, Federal district Court had vacated the Final Public Charge rule […]
Some Applicants can file Extraordinary Ability Visa (EB-1A) and Adjustment of Status/ Green Card (I-485) at the same time for December 2019 and January 2020 As per the Department of State’s visa bulletin for December 2019 and for January 2020, date for filing are current for EB-1 categories for applicants from countries other than India […]