ICE Enforcement Action Underway
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) has commenced targeted enforcement actions across the U.S. in the past couple of weeks. Called “Operation Cross Check”, these enforcement actions focus primarily [...]
Sobering News from First and Second Immigration Executive Orders
The recently inaugurated President signed two immigration-related Executive Orders on January 25, 2017. These orders, summarized below, are sobering news for immigrants and non-immigrants to the U.S. and a [...]
Government Application Fees Increasing: Get Your Applications Filed Now!
U.S. Immigration application fees are set to rise by an average of 21% beginning December 23, 2016. The last government fee increase was in 2010. The following is a [...]
USCIS Proposal to Eliminate 90-day Interim EAD Rule
At the end of last year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a broad proposed rule covering a number of measures designed to retain high-skilled immigrant and non-immigrant [...]
Have Your Say on Extreme Hardship Policy Guidance
The government has released, for public comment, draft policy guidance regarding the definition of “extreme hardship” for purposes of obtaining an immigration waiver. If a foreign national is not deemed [...]
The US Immigration Roller-Coaster Ride to Success
Navigating the US immigration system is a different experience for each of us. For one of our clients, “Trudy”, the experience was a roller coaster nightmare. Even though we [...]
Newsletter 12; August 2012
It’s hard to believe that September has arrived! Whether you’re looking forward to cooler temperatures or sneaking in one last trip to the beach, here are some important immigration [...]