1 Oct
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
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 […]
29 Sep
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
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 […]
25 Sep
by Foster LLP, on COVID-19 Updates, Immigration Updates, News
Beginning on March 20, 2020, the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian governments announced their collaboration in restricting non-essential travel across their shared land borders. These restrictions were subsequently extended multiple times, most recently on August 14, 2020. On September 23, 2020, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency announced yet another extension of these restrictions for Canada and Mexico. Per the most recently […]
