by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jul 31, 2024 | Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed new steps aimed at keeping families united during the immigration process. The announcement supports the Biden-Harris administration’s objective of maintaining family unity. DHS will soon introduce a process...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jul 30, 2024 | General News
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card We are reprinting some information for clients about the APEC Business travel card. Please see below. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card (ABTC) facilitates short-term business...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jul 29, 2024 | E-1/E-2, General News, H-1B, Non-Immigrant Visas
Certain crimes, fraud, and other offenses may bar an individual from entering the United States. However, in certain cases, specifically under Section 212(d)(3)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), consular officers have the discretionary authority to...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jul 19, 2024 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News
The August 2024 Visa Bulletin, released by the Department of State, brings both top information and careful optimism for those looking forward to their visa priority dates. Family-Based Petitions: F2A (Worldwide): Advances significantly from November 1, 2023,...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jul 14, 2024 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In the past year, we have seen a plethora of issues and confusion at the US border for persons coming to the US as an engineer. As costs increase in the US, it is more and more advantageous to have foreign workers from Japan and elsewhere to come to assist with US...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jun 23, 2024 | Family Based Immigrant Visa, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News
How Immigration Law would change in the face of a Trump Re-election. A hot topic which many of our clients have been asking is how to prepare if President Trump is re-elected to a second term. It is no secret that President Trump is not a fan of immigration. In his...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Apr 29, 2024 | E-1/E-2, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The E TDY Visa The E visa, over the years, has evolved in many different ways. One type of E visa is an E TDY (“temporary duty”) visa. This is actually an annotation subsumed within the E visa category. It is often used in Japan to send essential skills E visa...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Apr 22, 2024 | H-2B
Today, we reprint an article from USCIS about the current H-2B quota for our reader’s consideration. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 19,000 H-2B visas made available for returning...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Apr 20, 2024 | General News, Immigration News
Breaking news The Department of State just introduced a DOS a new Japan Specialist Program in accordance with existing Exchange Visitor Program regulations (22 CFR part 62), including regulations applying to the Specialist category (22 CFR §62.26). During their...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Apr 17, 2024 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigration News, L-1, Non-Immigrant Visas
The following is more of a technical article, but it is important to know because basically, it requires the USCIS to “bundle” which means adjudicating dependent L-2 and H-4 applications at the same time as the principal applicant’s case (filed on form I-129). The...
