by admin | Mar 7, 2017 | General News, Immigration News, Latest News
On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a newly revised Executive Order titled, “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” The newly revised Executive Order is set to supersede the January 27, 2017 Executive Order and come...
by admin | Mar 5, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News
In light of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recent immigration enforcement memoranda, additional scrutiny in all areas of immigration should be expected, particularly at the border. When traveling internationally, it is important for everyone to be...
by admin | Mar 4, 2017 | General News, H-1B, Immigration News
Yesterday, USCIS announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions beginning on April 3, 2017 for as long as six months. Importantly, this suspension will even apply to all FY2018 cap-subject H-1B petitions. This includes NEW...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Non-Immigrant Visas
The number of petitions that may be filed for this year’s H-1B 2018 Cap season is anticipated to surpass last year’s 236,000 applications. With the large pool of applicants, it is important to know how to keep yourself ahead of the game—or at least give yourself a...
by admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Immigration News
Many foreign nationals breathed a temporary sigh of relief when the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to lift the temporary restraining order placed on President Trump’s entry ban on February 9, 2017. However, the relief is temporary. A federal district...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | General News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its March 2017 Visa Bulletin. For the categories that are not current, there continues to be slow advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 categories. Notably, EB-2 India has made an advancement of 1 month and 17 days after a period of...
by admin | Feb 9, 2017 | General News
On January 30, 2017, following President Donald Trump’s signing of the Executive Order entitled, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” the Attorney General of Washington State filed a lawsuit in federal court against the...
by admin | Feb 3, 2017 | General News, Immigration News
President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order that suspends the entry of foreign nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to the United States for a period of 90 days, or through April 27, 2017. The order also reportedly suspends a...
by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | General News, Immigration News
On Friday January 27th, 2017 President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order that suspends the entry of foreign nationals from the following seven countries; Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to the United States for a period of 90 days, or...
by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | General News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its February 2017 Visa Bulletin. For the categories that are not current, there continues to be slow advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 categories. Notably, EB-2 India has had no advancement since the January 2017 Visa Bulletin....
