The American Immigration Lawyers Association, or AILA, has recently released its 2020 Election Guide. The Guide includes analysis of candidates’ views divided into eight immigration topics. It also features candidate [...]
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) obtained U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records through its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. In March 2017, the government issued a policy [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that beginning December 2, 2019 it is increasing the fee to request premium processing for certain employment-based petitions. The government fee will [...]
We wrote earlier this summer about the Department of Labor’s new software rollout. The Foreign Labor Application Gateway, or FLAG, is the government’s new cloud-based portal designed to serve [...]
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) issued a new rule to determine eligibility for temporary work status, a green card, or admission to the United States. The rule changes [...]
We are often asked what it is like to work in the immigration field right now. Immigration law is a political flash point with the crisis at the border, [...]
The E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant classifications in the United States are open to citizens of countries with which the United States has a treaty of commerce and navigation or similar [...]
We wrote previously about the government’s proposed changes to visa applications to include questions about an applicant’s social media history. About a year later, the Department of State has added [...]
The Trump administration has continuously sought ways to deter lawful immigration. It builds its invisible wall through rule changes and executive order. The latest proposed rule is to take away [...]
As previously announced, USCIS will be offering premium processing in a two-phased approach during the Fiscal Year 2020 cap season. The hope is that by offering premium processing in [...]