The State Department will announce a level 4 travel advisory for all international travel citing the coronavirus pandemic . That is its most severe warning. Americans would be instructed not to travel abroad. U.S. citizens will be instructed to repatriate to the U.S. If they don't return, they need to prepare to shelter in place. Mike Pompeo has approved it. Two State Dept officials have confirmed the pending advisory. Members of Congress are working on how to get Americans home. It was less than one week ago, the State Department raised the global travel advisory to level 3 : Reconsider travel.
All non-detained hearings, including merits hearings, are postponed through April 10. In addition, certain immigration courts are entirely closed. The Houston EOIR is not one of them, so they will be currently accepting filings. Below is the EOIR statement as well as an EOIR link, which provides information on which courts are entirely closed. EOIR Statement: Attributable to an EOIR spokesperson: Due to EOIR’s continuing evaluation of information from local, regional, state, and federal officials regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is postponing non-detained hearings nationwide. As a result, the following immigration court locations are closed: Atlanta-W. Peachtree Street Charlotte...
U.S. immigration offices across the country will temporarily close to the public as a result of the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The move by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which will postpone naturalization ceremonies and citizenship and asylum interviews, among other functions, represents the biggest impact to the immigration system as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
ICE notes that as of 3/13/20, there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in ICE detention facilities and is screening new detainees. ICE has temporarily suspended social visitation but non-contact legal visitations will continue to be permitted.
In response to the global pandemic COVID-19, and in line with the Mexican government’s call to increase social distancing, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and all U.S. consulates in Mexico will suspend routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa services starting March 18, 2020, and until further notice. The U.S. Embassy and consulates will continue to provide essential consular services to U.S. citizens as well as emergency visa services.
We appreciate your trust in the Law Offices of Adan G. Vega and Associates, PLLC. for allowing us to be your legal counsel. As we continue to monitor COVID-19 developments closely, the health and well-being of the communities, our clients, and our staff is of the utmost importance. We have implemented a strategy to limit the impact the situation has on our ability to provide service support to our clients. The Law Offices of Adan G. Vega and Associates, PLLC and support teams are currently operating at 100% capacity with a business as usual mentality. That said, we have taken...
Needless to say, the last few weeks have been very challenging as we grapple with the health, safety and market effects of the COVID-19 virus spread. Our top priority has been to ensure the safety of our employees and clients, and we are responding accordingly. As a business that deals with clientele from around the globe, we have been reacting to the virus since it first appeared in the U.S. So far, we have been able to conduct business as usual and offer the full range of services to our clients, despite modifications as appropriate in certain instances. While we...
Commencing on Monday, March 2, 2020, DHS is directing all flights carrying persons who have recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, the Islamic Republic of Iran to only land at one of the following airports: • John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York; • Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Illinois; • San Francisco International Airport (SFO), California; • Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Washington; • Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Hawaii; • Los Angeles International Airport, (LAX), California; • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Georgia; • Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Virginia; • Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR),...
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced on February 25, 2020 the addition of an online option for checking immigration court case information. The new service, available in English and Spanish, allows users to receive the most recent information about a case by inputting a unique A-Number. The automated case information hotline at 800-898-7180 (TDD 800-828-1120) continues to be available. The new automated case information application system can be accessed at: https://portal.eoir.justice.gov/InfoSystem.
The initial registration for FY 2021 H – 1B cap will run from 12:00 PM EST on March 1, 2020 through 12:00 PM EST on March 20, 2020.
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