Answer This order does not apply to people who are physically in the United States as of June 24, 2020. Assuming you are in the U.S., the executive order does not have any impact on your status in the U.S. If you are not in the...
Answer If your wife and child each have valid H-4 visa "stamps" in their passports, the executive order should not impact them. Unfortunately, if they do not have valid visas already, it appears they would be prevented from applying for and obtaining the H4 visa stamp....
Answer The "merit-based system" discussed by the Trump Administration was merely a proposal. There is not even an active bill in Congress to effectuate such a change, so any speculation on the requirements is premature at this point. And, chances of such a bill being signed...
Answer It is quite likely that this Order will be challenged in Court. Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act gives the President the ability to restrict "entry" of foreign nationals into the U.S. The President's powers and its limits under the law are not...
The employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) category returns to being current in the July 2020 Visa Bulletin. This is the first time in a year that EB5 India has not required a final action cutoff date in the monthly visa bulletin. Still, it is important to...
UPDATE: 22 Jun 2020 at 6:27 p.m. The text of President Trump's executive order has now been released. Per the order, the following new restrictions are being implemented:The executive order applies to foreign nationals who seek to enter the United States in H1B, H-4, H2B,...
On Saturday, President Trump told Fox News that he is "going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on visas." No details have been provided, but National Public Radio (NPR) reported restrictions are being considered for the H1B and L-1 visa categories. It...
Per the settlement agreement between the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and IT Serve Alliance, the USCIS has now officially rescinded the 2018 Contract and Itinerary Memorandum and the 2010 Determining Employer-Employee Relationship memo. Per the rescission notice, the USCIS shall no longer apply...
It is safe to assume most legislators and policymakers worldwide never thought they would be navigating the politics of a pandemic. But when COVID-19 began its devastation, state governors across the United States found themselves forcing nonessential businesses to close and enforcing lockdown policies to...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced an extension of its temporary policy that allows employers' ability to review employee documents remotely for form I-9 purposes. This policy is now scheduled to expire on July 19, 2020. More details on this temporary policy,...
