The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently announced significant restrictions to its nonimmigrant visa interview waiver program. The DOS has rescinded its December 2023 interview waiver policy, replacing it with much narrower eligibility criteria. Under the previous policy, the DOS allowed most nonimmigrant visa applicants to request interview waivers if they […]
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Enforcement of Alien Registration Requirement
26 Feb
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On February 25, 2025, in an effort to encourage foreign nationals in the United States without authorization to “self-deport,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Noem announced that the DHS will begin to enforce the existing statutory requirement that foreign nationals in the United States register with the federal […]
DHS Secretary Noem Partially Vacates Prior Haiti TPS Extension and Designation
24 Feb
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Noem is partially vacating a prior Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension and new designation for nationals of Haiti, with publication in the U.S. Federal Register today, February 24,2025. With the partial vacatur, Secretary Noem limits the July 2024 extension and redesignation of Haiti […]
Visa Bulletin – March 2025 – Little to No Forward Movement Across Categories
12 Feb
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for March 2025. Until March 1, the February 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the cutoff dates for each respective category, the categories that are current […]