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14 Nov 2024

New Administration: President-Elect Trump Taps Several Immigration Hardliners for Administration

Over the past several days, President-elect Donald Trump has selected several people to serve in his administration, which will start on January 20, 2025. All, unsurprisingly, have expressed views that parallel those the President-elect when it comes to immigration issues. Former ICE Director to Serve as...

12 Nov 2024

December 2024 Visa Bulletin

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the December 2024 Visa Bulletin. There is very little movement in the oversubscribed categories from the previous month. All cutoff dates listed refer to those in the final action chart (i.e., Chart A), unless otherwise specified. Visa Bulletin...

17:10 / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / Investor / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

11 Nov 2024

PERM: Good Faith Recruitment

The PERM labor certification is the first in a three-step process in the majority of employment-based green card cases. A key component of the PERM process is the labor market test, where the employer must demonstrate via a regimented recruitment process that there is no...

09:28 / Employment Based / For Employers / NewsBrief / Resident

07 Nov 2024

USCIS and DOS Policies Impacting People with Unlawful Presence and Advance Parole

As explained in the MurthyDotCom InfoArticle, Differences Between: Lawful Status, Period of Authorized Stay, & Unlawful Presence (19.Apr.2022), leaving the U.S. after a prolonged stay beyond the expiration date of one's I-94 can trigger an automatic three- or ten-year bar. In 2012, the Board of...

11:11 / Consulates / Employment Based / Family Based / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / Travel / USCIS News / Worker

04 Nov 2024

Reentry Permits for Extended Absences Abroad

Becoming a lawful permanent resident (LPR) and obtaining a green card affords an individual many benefits, including the ability to freely travel to and from the United States. However, an LPR’s ability to travel and remain outside of the U.S. is not without limit. If...

10:32 / Citizen / Employment Based / Family Based / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / Travel

28 Oct 2024

AILA Discusses Customer Service Concerns with USCIS

Earlier this month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) held a joint engagement to discuss customer service at the USCIS. Following is a summary of some key points from AILA's unofficial notes of the meeting.The USCIS...

10:54 / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

24 Oct 2024

Temporary Initiatives for Lebanese Nationals

On 18.Oct.2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice in the Federal Register offering more specifics on the implementation of the Biden Administration’s directive that authorized deferred enforced departure (DED) for 18 months for eligible Lebanese nationals. Effective 26.Jul.2024, Lebanese nationals covered...

10:11 / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / USCIS News / Worker

21 Oct 2024

USCIS Announces Adjustments to International Entrepreneur Rule Threshold

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a 10.Oct.2024 policy alert for the USCIS Policy Manual, incorporating recent updates to the investment and revenue requirements to qualify for parole under the international entrepreneur rule. Per regulation, the various key threshold requirements to qualify under the...

06:16 / For Individuals / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

17 Oct 2024

Florida Eases Licensing Requirements for Foreign Trained Doctors

Earlier this year, the State of Florida enacted a new law, known as the Live Healthy initiative, that makes it easier for certain physicians trained abroad to become licensed as physicians in that state. The goal of the law is to increase the number of...

09:22 / For Employers / For Individuals / Medical / NewsBrief / Physicians / Worker

11 Oct 2024

November 2024 Visa Bulletin

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the November 2024 Visa Bulletin. Unfortunately, there is no movement in any of the employment-based categories, with the exception of the EB4 program for certain religious workers, which was reauthorized by Congress through 20.Dec.2024. All cutoff dates...

17:31 / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / Investor / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

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