The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2025. Until April 1, the March 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 […]
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 The DOS has rescinded its December 2023 interview waiver policy, replacing it with much narrower eligibility criteria.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]