Immigration
List of Student and Exchange Visitor Program Approved Schools
On 08/4/10, ICE updated its list of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) approved schools. Student and exchange visitor program Updated list of student and…
Summary of a teleconference for H-2A petitioners on prohibited fees
USCIS released the summary of a teleconference for H-2A petitioners on prohibited fees. The summary includes information about H-2A regulations on prohibited fees, how USCIS…
H-2B Cap Count for FY2011
As of 7/30/10, USCIS receipted 3,116 H-2B petitions, including approved and pending, toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the first half of the fiscal…
August CLE schedule includes the EB-5 Conference
The August CLE schedule includes the EB-5 Conference, August 27 in Boston and 6 seminars. Seminar topics include L-1A/L-1Bs; expedited removal/reinstatement of prior orders; H-1Bs;…
Biden Administration Continues Taking Necessary Steps to Bring Our Immigration and Asylum Policies Back in Line with Our Values
President Biden signed executive orders (EOs) on the southern border and asylum system, on the establishment of an interagency task force on the reunification of…
Harris teases immigration agenda green cards for daca and tps recipients shorter waits for citizenship
Politico reports that yesterday, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris told Univision’s Ilia Calderón that the incoming administration will focus on decreasing wait times to obtain citizenship, granting green cards to immigrants protected by TPS and DACA, and adding immigration judges to decrease backlogs in immigration court. Harris teased a sweeping immigration reform bill that her and President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration plans to introduce.
Immigration, Executive Action Top Biden Preview of First 100 Days
The Hill reports that President-elect Joe Biden said that he planned to use his first 100 days in office to take action on an immigration by sending…
USCIS has reopened some offices
Starting June 4, USCIS began reopening some offices to the public. USCIS has taken some precautions against the spread of COVID-19, including providing hand sanitizer,…
USCIS updated several immigration forms
On February 24, USCIS published updated versions of several forms. For many of the forms, starting February 24 only the new edition will be accepted.
BIA Rules IJ Should Enter In Absentia Order of Removal if Individual Returned to Mexico Under MPP Fails to Appear for Hearing
In Matter of Rodriguez, the BIA ruled that if DHS returns an individual to Mexico to await an immigration hearing pursuant to the Migrant Protection Protocols…
Some immigration judges were hired without any immigration law experience.
During the recent hearing in the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas pointed out that the Executive Office for Immigration…