9 Oct
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
L-2 nonimmigrants traveling separately from their L-1 spouse/parent recently have reported being placed in secondary inspection by U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) when initially entering or returning to the United States in L-2 status. L-2 nonimmigrants are the dependent family members of intra-company transferees holding L-1 status. The CBP […]
On Sept. 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of State published an historic visa bulletin for October 2015, which would have allowed a higher-than-anticipated number of employment-based applicants from India and China to file their green card applications on Oct. 1. On Friday, Sept. 25, the State Department revised the visa bulletin such that far […]
It probably won’t surprise you that there’s a growing polarization among Americans over how to deal with several immigration policy proposals. Whether it’s Donald Trump’s idea for a massive border fence or the proposal to change the Constitution so that babies of unauthorized residents aren’t automatically made citizens, Republicans and […]
The immigrants who have recently come to the United States are the most highly educated in history. A Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows that 41 percent of immigrants arriving in the past five years had completed at least a bachelor’s degree. By comparison, only 20 percent of newly […]
