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As Texas gears up for what could be its most competitive elections in a generation, tens of thousands of would-be voters are caught in limbo, stuck in a deep backlog of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. Federal immigration officials are taking significantly longer than before to weigh applications, and some […]
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Regulation takes effect, as of today, November 21, 2019. This new regulation changes some key aspects of the EB-5 program and causes significant impact on both individual investors and the EB-5 industry. At this point, I-526 Petitions filed on and after today are subject […]
On November 14, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would increase the government filing fees for most immigration benefits by a weighted average of 21%. Comments are due on or before December 16, 2019. The rule will not go into effect […]
Effective November 11, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in coordination with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced the designation of Poland into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. Certain Polish nationals are now eligible to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program for permissible tourism […]