Announcing Tahmina’s Forthcoming Book!
We are so proud to announce Tahmina’s second book release!! The book will be out next week. Follow Tahmina at amazon.com/author/tahminawatson to ensure you get notification of the release! Stay[…]
Author: Tahmina Watson
October 2020 Visa Bulletin Out!
After much anticipation and significant delay, the visa bulletin for October 2020 was released this morning. October is the beginning of the new fiscal year. For visa bulletin purposes, it[…]
Tahmina Appears As Guest on The Aman Magazine Podcast
It was a pleasure to appear as a guest on The Aman Magazine Podcast hosted by Amani Sams. We talked about immigration and Covid19, and much more including my[…]
Tahmina appears as guest on Activate your IELTS Podcast Re. Student Visas
, It was a delight to appear on Kristin Espinar’s podcast Activate Your IELTS Podcast discussing student visas issues. Covid19 has affected all visa categories of course. But with[…]
New Office Location for Watson Immigration Law
Announcement: After 14 years of being at our office location at 1001 4th Avenue, we sadly had to say good bye our beloved office space. The Business Service Center was[…]
Breaking: I-944 Public Charge Forms- On Again
In this on-again, off-again legal battle regarding ‘public charge’, we’re in the on-again state of affairs I’m afraid. Today, the federal court in the Second circuit lifted the nationwide injunction[…]
DOS updates National Interest Exceptions on Various Visa Bans
Copied from the Department of State website: National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamations (10014 & 10052) Suspending the Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Presenting a Risk to the United States[…]
Public Charge Update: No I-944 Required for Green Card Applications
A New York federal judge imposed an injunction on the public charge rule yesterday. As a result, USCIS has updated its website confirming that adjudications will revert back to old[…]
Breaking: USCIS Fee Increase Set to Take Effect on October 2, 2020
USCIS published final rules for fee increases today. It will be published officially in the Federal Register on Monday, August 3rd and will take effect 60 days later (October 2, 2020). It[…]
Student visas: In-person classes or face deportation
Covid19 has given the administration the perfect vehicle for dismantling our immigration system one visa category at a time. The latest casualty, in quick succession to the previous one (see[…]