Immigration

In the last 24 hours, the World Health Organization has labeled COVID-19 a pandemic, President Trump has halted most travel from Europe to the United States for a period of 30 days, and U.S. Congressional leaders and the Trump Administration are working on stimulus legislation to mitigate the disproportionate impact […]

Applicants for nonimmigrant and immigrant visas may be found inadmissible to the United States on “public charge” grounds if it is determined that they are likely to become a public charge in the future.  In October, 2019, the U.S. Department of State published a new rule defining “public charge” and […]

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 […]

The U.S. Embassy in Paris, France announced on November 13, 2019 that the U.S. Department of State would immediately adjust the validity of nonimmigrant visas issued on or after November 12, 2019 for French citizens to better reflect reciprocity with the validity periods of visas issued by France to U.S. […]