On January 29, 2019, USCIS announced a process change for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor, from a first-in, first-out basis to a visa availability approach effective March 31, 2020. The new visa availability approach is scheduled to apply to petitions pending as of March 31, 2020. According to […]
On the eve of H-1B cap season, H-1B petitioners are desperate to get their petitions in for the upcoming lottery. With the chance you’re one of the lucky ones and your petition is selected, the below tips will help to secure an H-1B approval. USCIS’ current adjudication practices under the […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published a final rule effective January 24, 2020 to amend regulations for B-2 temporary visitors for pleasure. The rule explicitly provides that Consular Officers should deny B visa applications found to be made with “the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child by giving […]
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration Public Charge Rule
29 Jan
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
In August, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a rule requiring inquiry into whether immigrants in certain nonimmigrant classifications may have received public benefits that would render them inadmissible to the United States on “public charge” grounds. Because existing USCIS forms do not ask applicants about prior receipt […]