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Various terms have been used for people from other countries who want to build a life in the United States. Over time, those names have changed and evolved based on societal norms and a growing awareness of the roles immigrants play nationwide. Longawaited changes...
Foreign nationals who want to start a life in the United States face a variety of challenges when certain visas suddenly became available. They suddenly face obstacles, if not outright barriers, in an immigration process that is complex and hard to navigate and...
Deportation has divided families. The Urban Policy Institute and Migration Policy Institute report that many removals leave parents and their children on opposite sides of the border. The ongoing problem needs a lasting solution. The House and Senate are about to...
This post is an update to our earlier posts on the Public Charge Rule. Our last post on the Public Charge Rule, before the post below, can be read here.) March 9, 2021 marked the official end of the 2019 Public Charge Rule of Inadmissibility when a US court order...
On February 18, 2021, President Biden’s immigration reform bill was introduced in Congress this week by Senator Bob Menendez and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez. The legislation is called the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 and it includes the main tenants that...
Many students from around the world come to the U.S. in order to study in an American university. These students must go through the process required for a student visa (usually an F-1 visa). If your dream is to leave your country for a few years to study in the...
On February 2, 2021, Alejandro Mayorkas was confirmed by the US Senate and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). Secretary Mayorkas previously served as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
This year's (Fiscal Year 2022) initial H-1B cap registration will start online at 12:00 pm Eastern (9:00 am Pacific) on March 9, 2021. This registration period will run for 16 days and end at 12:00 pm Eastern (9:00 am Pacific) on March 25, 2021. All H-1B...
DHS has delayed the effective date of the rule that modifies the H-1B selection process to prioritize wages to Dec. 31, 2021. Therefore, the H-1B selection process remains the same as last year. Read more here: ...
For decades, immigration activists have decried what they consider discrimination in the visa allocation system based on nationality that also created an onerous backlog considered the rule, not the exception. A recent move by legislators could end that process and...