The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has created a shareable flyer to help stakeholders understand the implication of President Trump’s proclamation suspending the entry of certain immigrants into the United States. The Murthy Law Firm is sharing this flyer with our readers to help ensure...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that routine in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, and application support centers (ASCs) will remain suspended until at least June 3, 2020. The USCIS hopes to resume these services on or after June 4th. Copyright...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has finally released the May 2020 Visa Bulletin. All cutoff dates listed refer to the dates in the final action (FA) chart, unless otherwise specified. Visa Bulletin Summary Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category The EB1 category for all countries of chargeability except...
Charles Oppenheim, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, stated during a conference call this afternoon that the May 2020 Visa Bulletin has finally been cleared for release. He expects to issue it Friday, April 24, 2020. Copyright ©...
This evening, President Trump signed an executive order to halt the issuance of immigrant visas for 60 days. On Monday night, the President tweeted that he would "temporarily suspend immigration into the United States." In reality, his executive order merely halts the issuance of immigrant...
This morning, President Trump indicated that, later today, he would sign an executive order to suspend the issuance of green cards for 60 days. However, a spokesperson for the White House now says release of the proposed executive order may be delayed because it is...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the deadline for the public to submit comments on proposed revisions to the affidavit of support that is required for most family-based immigrant petitions (form I-864), and the corresponding forms I-864A and I-864EZ. The public now...
Moments ago, President Trump provided some additional details on his plans to "temporarily suspend immigration into the United States." The President will sign an executive order that will suspend the issuance of green cards for 60 days. It appears nonimmigrants will not be impacted by...
The Murthy Law Firm has been closely tracking President Trump's threat, sent via Twitter late Monday, April 20, 2020, to use an executive order to "temporarily suspend immigration into the United States." At this point, no such executive order has been issued, so U.S. immigration...
President Donald Trump said late Monday night he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States as the nation battles the health and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.---Posted 21 Apr 2020 [updated*]The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/us/coronavirus-updates.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#link-49e269e1"...
