7 Feb
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
In August, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a rule requiring inquiry into whether applicants for immigrant visas (“green card”) and applicants for a change or extension of nonimmigrant (temporary) status may have received public benefits that would render them inadmissible to the United States on “public charge” […]
5 Feb
by Foster LLP, on COVID-19 Updates, Immigration Updates, News
On February 2, 2020 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began quarantining arriving passengers from China to verify whether or not they have contracted the Coronavirus and ensure that they do not pose a public health risk. DHS further indicated as a general rule that non-U.S. citizens who have […]
On January 31, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential “Proclamation on Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry” which becomes effective on February 21, 2020. The proclamation expands the March 6, 2017 Executive Order 13780 “Protecting the National from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” and […]
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 […]
