Tahmina Out and About and In the Community!
Dear readers, listeners, and viewers: It has been a busy few months, to say the least. While I haven’t been able to write much about what I am doing for[…]
Visa Bulletin Updates
Every month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Department of State Liaison Committee checks in with Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the Department of[…]
New Policy Guidance Regarding Student Visas and Unlawful Presence
USCIS released updated policy guidance about when a student will accrue unlawful presence. Please see below text copied from USCIS. I have underlined a couple of pertinent sentences. Copy text[…]
An E-2 Visa Success Story: A Difficult Journey To Success
Dear Readers, As many of you may know, I don’t generally write about our success stories. This is because our clients’ successes speak for themselves and the referrals we get[…]
September 2018 Visa Bulletin with Commentary
The September 2018 Visa Bulletin was released today. Most notably, EB2 and EB3 worldwide had final action dates imposed and EB2 China and EB2 and EB3 India retrogressed further. All[…]
DOJ/DOL partnership to scrutinize employers hiring temporary visa workers
Yesterday, the Dept. of Justice posted the below press release (copied from their website) that DOJ has partnered with the Dept. of Labor in an effort to protect American workers. […]
Breaking News: USCIS NTA Memo Suspended
This morning, USCIS suspended the NTA memo issued on June 28th which we wrote about at the time. The policy is postponed until operational guidance is issued. We will keep[…]
EB-1 Retrogression
As discussed in Friday’s blog post, the EB-1 category will retrogress on August 1st. A note in the visa bulletin stated that this retrogression would be immediate. It does look[…]
August 2018 Visa Bulletin with Commentary
The August 2018 Visa Bulletin was released this morning. Most notably, EB1 worldwide will retrogress, most likely becoming current again at the start of the new fiscal year. Additionally, EB3[…]
Breaking: USCIS releases new policy to deny cases without issuing RFE/NOID first
USCIS issued new policy guidance today (copied below) that is very concerning. For most types of cases, USCIS will not issue “requests for further evidence” (RFE) of “notices of intent[…]