On October 28, join immigration attorney, Niral Patel (David Hirson & Partners, LLP) and Visa Franchise's Patrick Findaro in a Livestream on U.S. Visa and Business Options for Foreign Entrepreneurs and Investors During this Livestream, you will learn (about): If a...
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Immigration News: 2 New Rules for H-1B Visas
This is an update to our earlier post from October 6, 2020: Immigration News: H-1B Visa Overhaul On Thursday, October 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published an interim final rule that is effective immediately: Strengthening Wage Protections for the...
Immigration News: Federal Judge’s Order Preserves 9,095 Visas for 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery Winners
On September 30, 2020, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the U.S. Department of State to preserve 9,095 visas for 2020 Diversity Visa (DV) lottery winners that have been unable to complete their applications...
[CLIENT ALERT] Immigration News: USCIS Issues New Guidance on Inadmissibility Based on Membership in Totalitarian/Communist Party
On October 2, 2020, USCIS issued important new guidance on when a person's membership or affiliation with a totalitarian party rises to the level of inadmissibility. This has a direct impact on all immigrants from countries under Communist rule, including China and...
Immigration News: Relief for H, J, & L Visa Ban
(This post was originally published on October 5, 2020. It was updated on October 6, 2020 and will be updated again as the topic evolves.) On October 1, 2020, a temporary injunction was issued that stopped a June 22, 2020 presidential proclamation which suspended the...
Immigration News: H-1B Visa Overhaul
Updated information on this post can be found here: Immigration News: 2 New Rules for H-1B Visas Today (October 6, 2020), the Trump administration announced changes in line with President Trump’s 2017 “Buy American, Hire American” executive order and the latest in an...
Availability of Employment-Based Table B for October 2020 Visa Bulletin
On September 24, 2020, the Department of State released its Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2020. This is great news for many petitioners who are waiting for their priority dates to be current to proceed with their applications for green cards. “Table B – Dates...
Impact of October 2020 U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
There are limits on the number of foreign nationals who can complete the U.S. permanent resident process each year. Due to these limits, a backlog (or line) of people who are waiting to finish the permanent resident process has developed. Each month, the U.S....
Complex EB-5 Issues? Solutions.
It's well-known in the past two years that there's been a substantial uptick in the amount of Requests for Evidence (RFEs), Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs), and in-depth audits for the EB-5 industry. We understand how frustrating all of this can be and we want to...
Immigration News: Federal Judge Halts USCIS Fee Increases
This is an update to our previous blog post: https://www.hirsonimmigration.com/blog/2020/09/immigration-news-public-charge-rule-update-from-uscis/ On September 29, 2020, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White from the Northern District of California enjoined the U.S....