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Author: Foster LLP

WASHINGTON – A naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Alexandria, Virginia pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of having fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, […]

Approval Rate Declines for H-1B Visas

25 Feb

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is demanding supporting evidence in many more applications for coveted H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers, and denying more petitions, according to its own data published Friday. The number of requests for evidence by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the visa program, has grown […]

On February 15, 2019 President Trump signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act (2019)” to fund the U.S. federal government for the 2019 fiscal year. This consolidated spending bill reauthorizes and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program through September 30, 2019. The extension of the EB-5 program enables qualifying investors to pursue […]