Immigration Updates

On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10052, suspending until December 31, 2020, the admission to the United States of most H, J, and L nonimmigrants.  A group of plaintiffs filed suit seeking an injunction against the proclamation, and on October 1, 2020, the Federal District Court for […]

Late in the evening on Wednesday, September 30, the U.S. Congress passed, and the President signed into law a Continuing Resolution to fund the Federal Government through December 11, thereby avoiding a government shutdown.  As part of the Continuing Resolution, Congress passed the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act  in order to address the […]

On September 29, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California issued a nationwide injunction halting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) implementation of its new fee schedule, which it published earlier this year with a scheduled effective date of October 2. The new fee schedule would have […]

On Friday, September 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would impose specific status expiration dates for Students (F), Exchange Visitors (J) and members of the foreign media (I).  These classifications are currently admitted for “duration of status (D/S),” which generally […]