On January 8, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation would be terminated for El Salvador on September 9, 2019. Since March 9, 2001, the TPS designation allowed certain Salvadorians with continuous residence in the United States since February 13, 2001, to remain, […]
H-1B Season Is Rapidly Approaching – Plan Now For Filing New H-1B Petitions For CIS Receipt On April 2, 2018
8 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
In less than three months, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions filed under the Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019) H-1B quota. No more than 85,000 new H-1B visa numbers, which include 20,000 U.S. Master’s exempt numbers, are available for […]
Escalating tensions between the United States and Turkey resulted in the October 2017 suspension of all nonimmigrant visa services at U.S. consular posts in Turkey. Turkey then reciprocated by terminating the same services at Turkish consular posts in the United States, including the e-Visa service for U.S. nationals, which allowed […]
Trump Administration Rumored to Seek Elimination of Certain H-1B Extensions
5 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The McClatchy DC Bureau has recently reported that the Trump Administration is considering new regulations that would eliminate H-1B extensions for H-1B workers who have reached certain milestones in the permanent residency process, in furtherance of President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” agenda. The McClatchy article reports that “The […]