On August 20, 2025, a three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request to stay an August 1, 2025 district court order that had continued Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua and which had postponed the termination of […]
Visa Bulletin – September 2025. No Movement for Any Employment-Based Category
13 Aug
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for September 2025. Until September 1st, the August 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the priority dates that are current in each respective category, the categories […]
USCIS Policy Update: Immigrants Seeking Green Cards May Face Removal Proceedings
8 Aug
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On August 1, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a significant update to its Policy Manual, granting immigration officers expanded authority to initiate removal proceedings against certain immigrants applying for legal permanent residency through family-based petitions. Under the updated guidance in Chapter 5 of the USCIS Policy […]
On July 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco granted plaintiffs’ motion and temporarily postponed the Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s June and July 2025 actions to terminate the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Hondurans, Nepalis, and Nicaraguans. The terminations had imposed a September 8, 2025 deadline […]