23 Nov
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
More than fifteen years after Congress passed the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (AC-21), and almost two decades after passage of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finally published a final rule interpreting, clarifying […]
15 Nov
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
It has now been a week since President-elect Donald Trump won the presidential election. While there is still a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the specifics of President-elect Trump’s immigration policy, new details have emerged post-election that appear to soften his campaign rhetoric and controversial campaign promises related to immigration. […]
15 Nov
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State recently published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for December 2016, reporting modest 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 categories remained stagnant […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a final rule increasing the fees for immigration benefits by a weighted average of 21%. The fee increase comes in the midst of some of the longest CIS adjudication times in recent memory, with simple H-1B extensions often taking 7 months […]
