Doina Chiacu and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is allowing 15,000 additional visas for temporary seasonal workers to help American businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm because of a shortage of such labor, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security […]
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Federal Court Expands List of Family Not Subject to Travel Ban
14 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On Thursday, July 13, 2017, the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii issued an order prohibiting the Trump Administration from enforcing its travel ban against additional family members not previously exempted in the Administration’s June 2017 implementation of the ban. The court expanded the list of exempted […]
“Entrepreneur Parole” Delayed – Rule Likely To Be Rescinded
12 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The International Entrepreneur Rule was finalized on January 17, 2017, and was to become effective July 17, 2017. The rule would have afforded certain entrepreneurs a total period of up to five years in which to start up or manage and grow their own companies. The entrepreneurs would be given […]
By Douglas MacMillan | July 10, 2017 The Trump administration on Monday took steps toward scrapping a regulation that would have helped more foreign-born entrepreneurs build startups in the U.S. without a traditional visa. The Department of Homeland Security filed a notice that it will delay the effective date of […]