Immigration Updates

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Regulation takes effect, as of today, November 21, 2019. This new regulation changes some key aspects of the EB-5 program and causes significant impact on both individual investors and the EB-5 industry. At this point, I-526 Petitions filed on and after today are subject […]

The U.S. Embassy in Paris, France announced on November 13, 2019 that the U.S. Department of State would immediately adjust the validity of nonimmigrant visas issued on or after November 12, 2019 for French citizens to better reflect reciprocity with the validity periods of visas issued by France to U.S. […]

On November 14, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would increase the government filing fees for most immigration benefits by a weighted average of 21%. Comments are due on or before December 16, 2019. The rule will not go into effect […]

Effective November 11, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in coordination with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced the designation of Poland into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.  Certain Polish nationals are now eligible to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program for permissible tourism […]