The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (CIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) recently adopted a new framework for adjudicating National Interest Waivers. Matter of Dhanasar, 26 I&N Dec. 884 (AAO 2016). In doing so, the AAO indicated that the new framework would better accommodate entrepreneurs and would be a more flexible […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for January 2017, reporting minor advancement to the “final action cutoff date” for EB-2 applicants born in China and India and for EB-3 applicants born in China and the Philippines. The final action dates for other employment based […]
By Amy Chozick WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday appeared to soften his stance on whether to deport the more than 700,000 young people who entered the country illegally as children and were permitted to stay by President Obama. “We’re going to work something out that’s going to […]
As peak holiday travel season approaches, Foster LLP would like to remind clients that they should review their travel documents and take steps in advance of international travel to avoid or minimize disruptions in their travel schedule, or delays in their ability to reenter the United States in the appropriate […]