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H-2A Visa – New Recruitment Requirements
On September 20, 2019, the Department of Labor issued a final rule in the Federal Register modernizing recruitment requirements for the H-2A program. This rule took effect on October 21, 2019. The final rule rescinded the requirement found in 20 CFR 655.151...
Bars to Asylum – Seven additional Proposed bars by USCIS and EOIR
USCIS and EOIR joint notice of proposed rulemaking that would add seven additional mandatory bars to eligibility for asylum. The proposed rule would also set forth criteria for determining whether a vacated, expunged, or modified conviction or sentence should be...
USCIS Begins Accepting Green Card Applications under Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness
USCIS Begins Accepting Green Card Applications under Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it will begin accepting applications to adjust status to lawful permanent resident from certain Liberian nationals...
U.S. Asylum Law – Changes in the implementation of U.S. Asylum Law
Changes In The Implementation of U.S. Asylum Law U.S. Asylum law is based on common sense of human decency and compassion. At its basic level, to obtain asylum in the U.S. an applicant has to establish that they fear going back to their home country because either...
Know your Rights – What to do if your detained at a Port of Entry as a Legal Permanent Resident
All people arriving at the U.S. border or a port of entry have basic rights, and lawful permanent residents (LPRs), also known as green card holders, enjoy greater rights than nonimmigrants when returning to the United States after travel abroad. Like all...
F1 visas – Options if you have fallen out of status
Options for F-1 Students Who Have Fallen Out of Status F-1 nonimmigrant visas are used by many to enter and study in the United States. However, traversing immigration law and the school's admission system isn't always easy and sometimes results in the student...
Detention – Immigration
A recent NPR article reported that GEO, a for profit prison company, had renewed a contract with the Federal Government to operate its immigration detention facility in Adelanto, CA. The contract also provided for an expansion of the facility. ...
Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa and Immigration-Related Options for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence and Other Crimes
Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa and Immigration-Related Options for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence and Other Crimes How does the marriage-based immigration process work? The marriage-based immigration process involves several...
E-1 and E-2 visas no longer accepted for Iranian Nationals
Treaty Termination Ends Certain Visa Eligibility for Iranian Nationals USCIS today announced that, due to the Oct. 3, 2018, termination of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights with Iran, Iranian nationals are no longer eligible...
Coronavirus Proclamation
Brief summary of the affective provisions of the...
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