September 2019 Visa Bulletin Released
The September 2019 visa bulletin was released. Here is a link and our usual commentary to follow soon.
Tahmina Talks Immigration with WA Solicitor-General Noah Purcell Who Argued The First Travel Ban Case
It was an honor to interview Washington State’s fearless Solicitor-General Noah Purcell who argued the first travel ban lawsuit and won! Noah discusses the events leading up to the lawsuit[…]
Breaking: USCIS Announcement of Final Public Charge Rules
Copied from USCIS: Regulation promotes self-sufficiency and immigrant success Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule that clearly defines long-standing law to better ensure that aliens[…]
Breaking: Public Charge Rule Finalized and Published
On Monday August 12, 2019, DHS released the unpublished final rules making drastic changes to the ‘public charge’ will be considered for those applying for green card. I have not[…]
USCIS to Publish Final Rule Revising EB-5 Regulations
Tomorrow, 7/24/2019, USCIS and DHS will publish the final rule revising EB-5 regulations. Among other changes, the most significant are that the minimum investment amount has been increased from $500k[…]
Tahmina Talks Immigration with team of Sincerely America, a play telling immigrant stories.
Dear readers, listeners and viewers, here is our latest podcast! Hope you will listen and share widely. Sincerely America is a play about immigrant stories in today’s America. More information[…]
Read Tahmina’s Op-Ed in the Puget Sound Business Journal
Read Tahmina’s latest article in the Puget Sound Business Journal. If you are a subscriber, you will find it in this week’s newspaper. Thanks to @PSBJ for publishing our article![…]
USCIS Announces Plan to Improve the Naturalization Test
USCIS announced today that it is revising the current naturalization test which, among other things, tests applicant’s knowledge of civics and U.S. history, government, and constitutional values. Earlier this spring,[…]
DHS and DOJ Publish New Asylum Rules
Today, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice published an interim final rule regarding asylum eligibility. The rule, among other things, establishes a mandatory bar for asylum[…]
August 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The August 2019 Visa Bulletin was just released, and with it came unprecedented retrogression in almost all employment-based categories. EB1 All Countries retrogressed nearly two years, to a final action[…]