The EB-5 Regional Center Program expired at the end of the day on Dec. 21, 2018, due to a lapse in congressional authorization to continue the program. However, USCIS will continue to receive regional center-affiliated FORMs I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and FORMs I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, after the close of business on Dec. 22, 2018. After that date USCIS will put unadjudicated regional center-affiliated FORMs I-526 and I-485 (whether filed before or after the expiration date) on hold for an undetermined length of time. FORMs I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on...
From our family to yours, we wish you a wonderful holiday season filled with endless opportunities for peace, joy and happiness. We look forward to more GREAT things in 2019 as we move into our 40th year! We thank you for your support through all these past years and we hope to serve you in the upcoming year! Our law offices will be closed December 24th through the 25th for the Christmas holiday. In addition, we will be closed from December 31st through January 1st for the New Year holiday. We want to make sure our staff members can enjoy...
A national day of mourning has been declared for Wednesday, Dec. 5 , 2018 to remember the life and legacy of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. Accordingly, all U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices will be closed Wednesday. USCIS will reschedule all naturalization ceremonies, interviews, and appointments set for that day.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Trump formally signed their new trade agreement Friday (November 30, 2018) on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The signing shifts the onus onto each country’s legislatures to approve the agreement before it can actually take effect. In the U.S. the pact must now be approved by Congress
President Trump signed a proclamation on 9 November 2018 saying that anyone who wants to claim asylum in the US has to come in through official points of entry - and their cases will not be heard if they enter illegally. This week a 9th Circuit Court federal judge blocked the recent immigration proclamation. Mr Trump on Tuesday (20 November 2018) called the jurist who ruled against his asylum policy an "Obama judge". The president's gibe provoked a stern statement from US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the head of America's highest court, Chief Justice Roberts has taken the extraordinary step...
This Thanksgiving we are thankful to have worked with and served all of our clients who needed our help in 2018. Finding ways to help and assist them has been a true pleasure, and we can only hope to continue our service in the years to come. We wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by those they love most. Please enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday safely. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a...
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on November 12, 2018 that the new ETA FORM 9035, Labor Condition Application (LCA) for Nonimmigrant Workers, will be fully implemented on November 19, 2018. Employers or their authorized representatives who are filing an LCA on or after November 19, 2018, must use the revised form. The existing LCA remains valid for use by the public only until November 19, 2018. Certified LCAs filed prior to November 19, 2018 will also remain valid and can be used by petitioners to support H-1B filings.
USCIS began requesting on November. 1, 2018, that domestic applicants filing FORM N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document, visit an Application Support Center (ASC) appointment to submit biometric information (including photos, signature, and index fingerprint). Applicants will NOT have to pay a biometrics fee. USCIS will also ask applicants filing FORM N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, to begin submitting biometric information at ASCs early next year.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on November 8, 2018 the expansion of the implementation of the June 28, 2018, Policy Memorandum (PM), Updated Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Deportable Aliens. USCIS began implementing the PM for denied Forms I-485 and I-539 on Oct. 1, 2018. USCIS will continue to take an incremental approach to implement the memorandum. Starting Nov. 19, 2018, USCIS may issue NTAs as described below based on denials of: FORMs I-914/I-914A, Applications for T Nonimmigrant Status, FORMs I-918/I-918A, Petitions for U Nonimmigrant...
Trump announced in an interview on Tuesday, October 29, 2018, that he will sign an executive order intended to end the practice of birthright citizenship. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on the same day said that he will introduce legislation to end the “absurd policy of birthright citizenship”. The proposed legislation to amend the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which states that all persons "born or naturalized in the United States" are "citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside " will not only require over two-thirds majorities in Congress, but also be ratified by three-quarters of...
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