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• “Immediate Family” Definition for G, A, C-3, and NATO Dependent Visas Amended
• April 2016 Immigration News
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• California Governor Takes Up Two Recently Passed State Legislative Efforts on Immigration
• DAPA/DACA Wrap Up: Supreme Court Dealt Blow to Executive Action
• December 2015 Immigration News
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• Democrats Introduce Bill that Would Mandate Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children and Vulnerable Immigrants
• DHS Extends Employment Policy for Syrian F-1 Students
• DOL Meeting Reveals Some Big Changes on the Horizon for PERM
• EB-4 Religious Worker, EB-5 Investor, Conrad 30, and E-Verify Programs Extended Until December 9 as Part of Omnibus Spending Bill (Continuing Resolution)
• Electronic Visa Update System Goes Into Effect for Certain Chinese Visitors
• Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Categories for India and China
• February 2016 Immigration News
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• Green Card Sponsorship Through Your Family’s Company? Some Relationships Are Still Too Close
• H-1B Professional Visas — Preparation Begins for April Filings
• H-1B, L-1, and R-1 Government Site Visits — What to Expect and What to Do
• Have You Been Subjected to Rude Conduct by CBP When Seeking Entry into the U.S.? If So, Let Us Know!
• ICE Raids Homes of Undocumented Immigrants
• Immigrant Detention: Bond and Detainers Challenged, Private Detention Continues; Women and Children Released in Texas
• Is Using a Fake Social Security Number a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude? The 7th Circuit Doesn’t Think So
• June 2016 Immigration News
• June 2017 Immigration News
• Long Awaited Decision Ameliorates Some of the Sting from Acts Considered “Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude”
• Long-Ago Entry — What to Do If You Lost Your Passport and White I-94 Card and Need to Prove Your Entry
• Long-Awaited Proposed Rules for High-Skilled Foreign Workers Modest in Scope
• Marijuana Imbibers Beware
• New Immigration Case Going to Supreme Court
• New Rules Tweak Certain Nonimmigrant (E-3, H1-B1, CW-1) and Immigrant (Professor/Researcher) Visa Classifications
• News in Brief (FEBRUARY 2016)
• News in Brief: Congress Reaches Deal on Continuing Resolution, Containing Extension of Four Popular Immigration Programs; Some ITINs Need to be Renewed; Nepal TPS Extended to 6/24/2018; New I-9 Form Required as of 1/22/2017; New N-400 Required as of 12/23/2016; Asylum EADs Now Issued for Two Years; Immigration Violations Comprise 52% of All Federal Prosecutions in FY2016; Documents for Mexican IV Cases Processed in Cuidad Juarez Can No Longer Be Emailed
• News in Brief: First-Time Third Country H-1B Applicants Can Apply in Vancouver for Their Visas: Citizenship Discrimination Continues to be a Focus of DOJ Enforcement Activity; Updates on TPS and Deferred Enforced Departure
• October 2015 Immigration News
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• October 2017 Immigration News
• One-to-One Facial Image Comparison Project at JFK Airport
• Parole Will Be Available to U Visa Petitioners and Family Members Who Reside Abroad
• Passport Photos No Longer Required for Naturalization Applications
• Provisional Waiver Expansion
• Reminder: USCIS Filing Fees Increase on 12/23/2016
• Significant New Rule on Employment-Based Immigration, and EADs
• Supreme Court to Review Administration’s Executive Actions on Immigration
• Trump Presidency, New Administration, and Efforts Currently in Play
• Update on Central American Asylum Seekers: Detention of Children, Refugee Processing, Legislation, and Recent Case Law
• USCIS Clarifies 120-Day Time Period for EAD Renewals
• USCIS Proposes Rule to Grant Parole to Entrepreneurs
• What to Do When the Examiner at Your Adjustment Interview Requests Your EAD
• August 2015 Immigration News
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• April 2015 Immigration News
• “Wet Ink” Signatures No Longer Required on Affidavits of Support Submitted to the National Visa Center
• Cuban Nationals Affected by Changes to Decades-Old Special Privileges
• Executive Orders, Immigration Raids, Heightened Scrutiny at the Borders: A Whirlwind Month on Immigration – What’s Happened and Where We Are
• H-1B Professional Visas — Preparation Begins for April Filings
• News in Brief: Reminder: New Versions of Most Common Immigration Forms Now in Effect; Employment Authorization Extended for Nepali F-1 Students; TPS Extended for Yemen, Somalia; Work Authorization and Salvadoran TPS
• Parole a Possibility for New Entrepreneurs
• Standards Broadened for Green Cards Based on National Interest Waivers
• Adjustment of Status and Registry Applicants Should Double Check Combo Card for Travel Authorization Before Travelling Abroad
• Affirmative Asylum Applicants’ Wait for Interview Ranges from 1½ to 5 Years
• Employers with a Pending I-129 Extension/Change May Submit a Service Request after Seven Months
• Filing Fee Increases for Most Popular Applications and Petitions
• Immigration Benefits for Old Veterans and New Allies
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• Three-Month Wait Times for NIV Appointments at U.S. Consular Posts in India
• Two Lawsuits Challenge the Government’s H-1B Lottery System
• USCIS Permits Biometrics Collection Abroad, But Only in Rare and Compelling Circumstances
• USCIS Publishes Performance Data for Certain Cases
• Administration Considers Imposing Quota Requirements on Immigration Judges
• Another Travel Ban Halted by the Courts
• ICE Implements a Major Data Collection Program
• Keep an Eye on Your Social Media Accounts
• Military Access to Expedited Naturalization Reversed
• More on DHS Expansion of In-Person Interview Requirement for Employment-based Adjustment of Status Applicants
• News in Brief: TPS for Sudan Ending November 2018; TPS for South Sudan Extended; Apply for Work Authorization and Social Security Number at the Same Time; Immigration Surge at Border Receives Mixed Results; ICE Plans New 1,000-Bed Facility in South Texas “Detention Alley;” Largest Civil Settle in Employer Sanctions Case
• Passports and Visas Damaged by Floods: What to Do?
• Preconceived Intent and Activities After Entry: The New 90-Day Rule
• Premium Processing for H-1B Reinstated
• Turkey and the U.S.: Nonimmigrant Visa Processing Suspended
• Update on DACA
• Applying for Citizenship: Tips for Completing Form N-400
• Congress Reaches Deal on 2016 Omnibus Bill; Bill Contains Reforms to Visa Waiver Program, Extension of Four Popular Immigration Programs
• Detention of Central American Families Continues, and So Does the Fight in Court
• E-3 and TN Visa Endorsement Issues
• ICE Deploys Additional Student and Exchange Visitor Program Field Representatives to Work With U.S. Schools
• New Policy Will Restrict Work Authorization Eligibility for Certain G-4 Dependents
• News In Brief: December 21 is Deadline to Register for Nepal TPS New E-Verify Toolkit; January Visa Bulletin; Adoptive Family Relief Act; State Department to Discontinue Addition of Passport Pages
• Refugee Resettlement — What’s Happening and What is Lawful
• USCIS Director Confirms Review of Fiancé Visa Program
• Are Undocumented Immigrants Who Obtain Driver’s Licenses Targets of Enforcement Actions? No, Says ICE
• DHS Announces Plans to Create Filipino WWII Veterans Parole Program
• FY2016 Refugee Admissions Set at 85,000, an Increase of Only 15,000
• Guidance in Preparing PERM Labor Certification Applications
• Immigrant Children Must Be Released from Detention Within Five Days
• New Pamphlet and Instructions on Paying the USCIS $165 Immigrant Fee
• News in Brief
• USCIS Issues “Extreme Hardship” Draft Guidance
• USCIS Proposal to Expand Provisional Waiver Program
• Visa “Refusals”: Applicants are Reminded of Disclosure Requirement on DS-160 Visa Applications
• Visa Bulletin Changes
• CBP Handout on Inspection of Electronic Devices
• Don’t Procrastinate: Apply for U.S. Citizenship If You Are Eligible
• H-4 Work Authorization Under Scrutiny; Delayed Processing Anticipated for H-4 Extensions
• Newest Executive Order Targets H-1B Program; Other H-1B News
• News in Brief: Sunset of Four Immigration Programs Looms; Update on Refugees; New I-130 and I-130A
• Rollout of Administration’s Interior Enforcement on Immigration
• So It’s Back to Private Prisons
• CBP Testing New Technology to Collect Biometric Data from Departing Foreign Nationals
• Certain DACA Recipients with Three-year EADS Must Return Them to USCIS
• Detention of Immigrant Children – Litigated Some 30 Years Ago in Flores v. Reno – Back Before the Courts
• DHS to Implement Additional Security Measures to the Visa Waiver Program
• EB-5 Investor and Three Other Popular Immigration Programs Set to Sunset September 30 Unless Reauthorized by Congress
• Federal District Court Finds DHS Extension of STEM OPT Invalid, But Stays Ruling until February 2016
• Green Cards with “Signature Waived” are Acceptable for I-9 Purposes
• News in Brief
• NVC Corrects Erroneous Letters Indicating Possible Termination of Immigrant Visa Applications
• Ongoing Delays for Interview-Waivable Cases
• TPS Designation for Nepal
• Chinese Nationals Visiting the U.S. Expected to Enroll in Online EVUS System by November
• DOS Phasing Out Employment Authorization for Some A-2 Visa Holders; DOS Retreats from More Restrictive Interpretation for EADs for Certain G-4 Dependents
• E Visa Holders Can Obtain New Two-Year Admission Period At Land Border But Need to Request It
• Foreign Students in STEM Fields Get More Time on Their F-1 OPT
• Habitual Drunkard Ruled Invalid Basis for Denying Citizenship, But DUI Grounds for Visa Revocation
• Is Your Employment-Based Green Card Application Pending? What You Need to Know Before Changing Jobs
• News in Brief (APRIL 2016)
• Supreme Court to Hear Oral Argument on President’s Executive Actions on Immigration
• Update on FY2017 H-1B Cap-Subject Processing
• Updates from the DOL Regarding the PERM Process — Insights for Employers
• USCIS Processing Times — What to Expect
• USCIS Proposing to Cancel Interim Employment Authorization (EAD) Cards
• Department of Labor to Ramp Up Investigations of Foreign Worker Visa Programs
• Enforcement-Only Bills Moving Through the House of Representatives
• ICE Recalendaring Cases that Were Previously Administratively Closed, Even Non–Criminal Related
• Immigration Courts and Backlog
• Money and USCIS: Refund Requests and Bounced Checks
• N.J. Chief Justice Urges ICE to Add Courthouses to List of “Sensitive Locations”
• New Consular Questionnaire Means More Rigorous Vetting of Certain Visa Applicants
• News in Brief: TPS Extended for Haitians for Six Months; FY2018 Budget Proposal Allocates Significant Funding to Border Security and Immigration Enforcement; Proposal in Play to Relax Standards for CBP Applicants; USCIS Issuing New Green Cards and Work Cards
• Ninth and Fourth Circuits Uphold Nationwide Preliminary Injunction on Travel Ban; Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review
• Supreme Court Holds Gender-Based Distinction for Acquisition of Citizenship Is Unconstitutional
• Texas Passes Anti-Immigrant Bill
• DHS and DOL Increases the Cap for H-2B Visas by 15,000
• Experiencing Immigration in the Trump Era
• Immigration Reform Efforts
• New Scrutiny of I-9 Misrepresentations
• News in Brief: Indian Nationals Eligible to Join Global Entry and Can Avoid Long Immigration Inspection Lines; Express Deportations; Biometrics Required of All Naturalization Applicants; New I-485 and I-9 Forms
• Supreme Court to Hear Travel Ban Case in October
• The Fate of Our Dreamers: Will DACA Remain?
• USCIS Delays Effective Date of International Entrepreneur Rule
• USCIS Reinstates Premium Processing for Certain H-1B Categories
• Where You Live Greatly Affects Ability to Find an Attorney for Immigration Court Representation
• DOJ Plans Further Reforms to Immigration Court Proceedings
• Increased Worksite Enforcement and Audits of H-1B (and L-1) Petitions
• New Homeland Security Secretary
• News in Brief: DACA Update; Entrepreneur Parole Moving Forward; Report Questions Seriousness of Border Wall Plan; Limited Visa Service Resumes in Turkey; CW-1 Visas Being Phased Out; First-Time Illegal Border Crossers Face Criminal Charges; Immigrants’ Rights Groups Demand Investigation into ICE Raids that Targeted Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children; Lawsuit Filed by Passengers Made to Present ID to CPB to Exit Plane
• Senate Appropriations Bill and Immigration
• Supreme Court Allows the Travel Ban to Take Effect While Litigation Continues
• The Top 10 List: The Top Ten Threats to Immigrants, Their Employers, and Their Families in 2018
• Updates on TPS and Deferred Enforced Departure
• USCIS No Longer Affording Deference to I-129-based NIV Extensions
• Update on Federal Court Challenge
• Certain H-4 Spouses Can Apply
• Update on FY2016 H-1B Cap
• USCIS Issues Policy Memo
• New Versions of Common Immigration Forms
• Two Million People Deported
• DOS Conducts Site Visits
• L-1 Checklist
• News in Brief
• Update on President’s Executive Action on Immigration
• Employers Must File Amended H-1B Petition When Employee’s Worksite Changes, Effective Immediately
• Push to End Family Detention
• More New Versions of Common Immigration Forms: I-539 and I-907; Other New Forms Also Released
• Applicants for Green Card Renewals are Reminded of Attestation Regarding Veracity of Information Contained in I-90 Application
• Is Your Birth Certificate Really Unavailable? How to Find Out and What to Do If It Is
• Class Action Filed Against USCIS and DHS for Unlawful Delays in Adjudicating Applications for Employment Authorization
• Visa Bulletin Update
• Technical Problems Continue at NVC with Immigrant Visa Processing; Overseas Passport and Visa System Also Experiencing Technical Difficulties
• Immigration Relief Measures for Yemini and Nepalese Nationals; TPS for Nepalese Nationals Now on DHS Regulatory Review
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