On June 15, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum that formally ended litigation over former President Barack Obama’s 2014 program, the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), and the expansion of […]
This week, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, which will fund the Federal government through the end of September of 2017. While the bill is a stopgap measure that simply extends existing programs for a few months, it […]
In another setback to the current administration’s goal of more tightly regulating visa issuance and the entry of nationals of specific countries to the United States, a federal district court in Hawaii issued a nationwide Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) just […]
On Monday morning, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating many of the travel and visa restrictions that he imposed on nationals of certain countries in his January 27th executive order. The new executive order revokes the prior order, but […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will suspend premium processing services for all H-1B cases as of April 3. Premium processing requests will be accepted for petitions that are currently pending or that are filed before April […]
On February 3, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington entered a nationwide temporary restraining order on the enforcement of the Trump administration’s ban on U.S. entry by citizens of 7 predominantly Muslim countries. As a result […]
On Friday, January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that immediately impacts certain foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States or apply for immigration benefits inside the country. Because of the serious implications of this order on […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting requests on Monday (June 26) for premium processing services for H-1B petitions filed on behalf of medical doctors filing under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program and through interested government agency waivers. USCIS […]
