Immigration

One July 6, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) changed Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) eligibility for individuals who have traveled to Cuba or who hold dual nationality with both a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country and Cuba. This update stems from the Secretary of State’s designation of […]

  All employers must timely and properly complete a Form I-9 to verify the identity and work authorization of employees hired to work in the United States on or after November 6, 1986. USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) has announced that it will publish a new revised Form […]

Since the initial proposal was approved in November 2016, the target launch date of the new European Union Travel Information & Authorization System (ETIAS) has changed several times. The ETIAS is now expected to be implemented in 2024. Citizens that currently have visa-free entry to the European Union (EU) will require an […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2023 revealing new immigrant visa retrogression with up to a decade of retrogression for already-backlogged categories, along with some modest forward movement in other categories.  For the first time in years, the Final Action Dates in the EB-1 […]