Each year, the U.S. Department of Commerce and each of the 50 states court foreign companies from all over the world to encourage and incentivize investment. The Department of Commerce’s flagship event, the Select USA Investment Summit, rolls out the red carpet to companies by touting the benefits of bringing […]
October 2018 Visa Bulletin – Return from Retrogression & Earlier Acceptance of AOS Filings
19 Sep
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for October 2018, which reflected the return from retrogression for the EB-2, EB-3, and Other Workers categories, and forward progress but continued backlog in the EB-1 category. Earlier Dates for Filing AOS Additionally, for the month of October 2018, U.S. Citizenship […]
By HUGH T. FERGUSON Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that he plans to increase the number of immigration judges by 50 percent by the end of the year as he welcomed a new class of such judges on Monday. “Counting you along with existing judges, we currently have the most active […]
REPORT: Immigration Curbs Population Decline in Rural Texas Communities
12 Sep
by Foster LLP, on News
In over 400 rural Texas areas, the native-born adult population dropped 19 percent while the immigrant population grew 96 percent. Elizabeth Trovall An influx of immigrants to rural areas is curbing population decline across the country, according to a new report. The study looked at 2,767 rural areas nationwide, including […]