14 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On Thursday, July 13, 2017, the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii issued an order prohibiting the Trump Administration from enforcing its travel ban against additional family members not previously exempted in the Administration’s June 2017 implementation of the ban. The court expanded the list of exempted […]
13 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2017, establishing a “cut-off date” of April 1, 2015, for the EB-2 “All Other” Category under the “Final Action cut off dates”. The EB-2 category is listed as “current,” meaning no backlog in immigrant visa availability, for […]
12 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The International Entrepreneur Rule was finalized on January 17, 2017, and was to become effective July 17, 2017. The rule would have afforded certain entrepreneurs a total period of up to five years in which to start up or manage and grow their own companies. The entrepreneurs would be given […]
On June 28, 2017, the U.S. Department of State issued a memorandum to consular posts implementing the President’s Executive Order 13780, which temporarily halts travel to the United States of citizens and nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court partially upheld the […]
