Effective August 29, 2019, the reciprocity schedule for France will be revised for both E‑1 and E‑2 visas. According to the U.S. Embassy in Paris, this change is being made on a reciprocal basis commensurate with the treatment by the government of France afforded to U.S. citizens applying for similar visas.
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EOIR has begun replacing interpreters at master calendar hearings with prerecorded video advisals. The videos have been rolled out in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York. The San Francisco Chronicle obtained transcripts of the separate videos that are played for immigrants who are in detention and not in detention, as well as a frequently asked questions handout they receive.
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The Houston Chronicle shares the stories of teens who entered the United States through the Central American Minors program, which was instituted by the Obama administration in 2014 to allow children and teens from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala who fulfilled stringent requirements to apply for protection here from their home countries. The Trump administration terminated the program in 2017, and minors who were granted humanitarian parole through it and have lived with their families in the United States for several years are now receiving denials of their requests to renew their two-year legal status and notices ordering them deported.
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These ‘secret’ courts are an injustice to democracy and the United States.
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DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that beginning September 16, 2019, stakeholders can prepare Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H‑1B, H‑1B1, and E‑3 visas in the FLAG System. The system will not permit submission of LCAs until 12:00 pm (ET) on October 1, 2019, and OFLC will accept submissions through iCERT until then. OFLC will post instructional videos on preparing LCAs using FLAG this Friday, September 13, 2019, and will host a webinar on the topic next Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
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Lawful Permanent Resident granted stand-alone 212(h) waiver after 10 years in Immigration Court. Client was placed in removal proceedings after returning to the U.S. from a trip abroad because of several California theft convictions. Client also had previous theft/fraud convictions and an order of deportation.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered USCIS to change the plaintiff’s status to H‑1B nonimmigrant after rejecting USCIS decision that Relx, Inc. d/b/a/ LexisNexis had not shown that the data analyst position was a specialty occupation.
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DHS conducted what is reportedly the largest single-state worksite enforcement raid in U.S. history. According to the Clarion Ledger, local Mississippi schools were on standby to help children whose parents were among the 680 individuals arrested.
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