On May 29, 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register for the Removal of the International Entrepreneur Parole Program with a deadline for public comment of June 28, 2018. The International Entrepreneur Parole Program (“Program”) created a limited option […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for June 2018, reflecting minor progress of only four (4) days for EB-2 India and only one (1) week for EB-5 China and EB-5 Vietnam, along with no change in the other countries and preference categories. The EB-1 category remains […]
This week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it had doubled the number of ongoing worksite cases in just the first seven months of the current fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year in its entirety. ICE statistics show that from October 1, 2017 through May 4, 2018, […]
On Friday, May 11, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new policy memorandum notifying its officers of a change in USCIS policy regarding the interpretation and calculation of unlawful presence for foreign nationals in the United States as F-1 Students, J-1 Exchange Visitors, or M-1 Vocational Students, […]