Charles ("Charlie") Oppenheim from the Department of State recently shared some predictions and projections for the various immigrant preference categories at the beginning of the new government fiscal year. Please [...]
The Department of State’s Consular Affairs office has advised that it will no longer accept photographs of passport and visa applicants wearing eyeglasses. There will be a “soft” one-month enforcement [...]
With the government fiscal year nearing an end, Charles ("Charlie") Oppenheim from the Department of State recently shared trends and projections for the various immigrant preference categories. Please refer to [...]
We are pleased to announce that our Managing Attorney, Navid Dayzad, has been included in two of the leading industry publications, Who's Who Legal: Corporate Immigration 2016 and SuperLawyers 2016 [...]
U.S. Consulates in India are experiencing considerable wait times for nonimmigrant visa interview appointments. Applicants in some of the most popular nonimmigrant visa categories (such as H-1B and L-1) are [...]
The U.S. State Department is taking new and aggressive action against foreign-nationals who are arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs or similar crimes. This approach [...]
The Department of Homeland Security is trialing a “Known Employer” program to try to find a way to streamline the immigration process for employers who wish to hire foreign-national workers [...]
In our December 22, 2015 and February 4, 2016 blogs, we detailed new restrictions on the eligibility of individuals who have been recently present in Iraq, Syria, Iran, or Sudan, [...]
The Dept. of State issues guidance on December 21, 2015 which emphasizes Immigration Services recent rule: If an H-1B employee works at a worksite not listed in the original application [...]
New Restrictions for Certain Individuals (Effective Date: December 18, 2015)1. Individuals who have been present in Iraq, Syria, Iran, or Sudan (or other countries designated by DHS as supporting terrorism [...]