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IMMIGRATION NEWS: Court Strikes Down Trump’s Attempts to Change H-1B & Other Programs
On December 1, 2020, Northern District of California Judge Jeffrey White granted summary judgement in favor of the plaintiffs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, top universities and other groups, in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's attempt to...
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...
[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: 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...
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....
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....
Immigration News: Public Charge Rule Update from USCIS
On September 22, 2020, USCIS updated its website to indicate that it is moving forward with implementing the Public Charge Rule. Following the September 11, 2020 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—which allowed USCIS to proceed with...
Immigration News: DHS Announces Lifting of Travel Restrictions on Certain Arriving Flights
On September 15, 2020, DHS announced the lifting of travel restrictions on arriving flights carrying passengers who had recently been present in China, Iran, the Schengen Area, the U.K., Ireland, and Brazil. Previously, these travel restrictions mandated that flights...
Immigration News: USCIS Extends Deadlines to Respond to Requests, Notices, and Decisions
On September 11, 2020, as part of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS announced that it has again extended the deadlines for all immigration applicants and petitioners to respond to requests, notices,...