The Canada-United States Preclearance Agreement was signed in 2015, but it only recently went into full effect. Prior to the implementation of the agreement, only a handful of Canadian airports offered preclearance. The agreement will expand that number, and will affect all modes of travel...
Answer Unless you voluntarily renounced your U.S. citizenship (which typically involves a formal process at a U.S. consulate or embassy), you very probably are still a U.S. citizen. A parent cannot renounce U.S. citizenship on behalf of a child; and, “children under 16 are presumed not...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the October 2019 Visa Bulletin, which is the first visa bulletin of fiscal year 2020. Further, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the more favorable dates for filing (DF) chart may be used...
On September 16, 2019, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, indicating that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is still actively working on a rule to terminate...
Answer Unemployment insurance payments (commonly referred to as "unemployment benefits") are not generally taken into consideration for purposes of making a public charge determination. As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained when it released the final rule revising the definition of "public charge," unemployment...
As announced in December 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is in the process of implementing a registration system for employers seeking to file cap-subject H1B petitions. This system would replace the current H1B "lottery" system. Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a change today in the direct mailing addresses for certain H1B petitioners.As has been USCIS policy since 2017, most H1B petitions must be filed at a designated service center based on the state where the petitioner's primary...
For the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to approve an application for naturalization (form N-400), the applicant for citizenship generally must first pass a U.S. civics and history test, and demonstrate the ability to read, write, and speak English. The USCIS has announced that...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the September 2019 Visa Bulletin, which is the last visa bulletin of fiscal year 2019. There is some forward movement in several categories, due to an unexpected drop in usage. Meanwhile, a number of other categories retrogress,...
Trump immigration policy memos over the last year are the topic in this teleconference that aired August 07, 2019. Murthy Law Firm attorneys discuss the impact of these memos on employment and family-based immigration.The MP3 is available here, and is listed in the archive of...
