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The Department of State (DOS) announced priorities the U.S. consulates and embassies abroad should use on immigrant visa cases to deal with the backlog created by COVID-19. The…

As many ILBSG clients can attest, green card processing can be a very long and frustrating process. In the last few years, immigration processing, in general, has been subject to…

Delays in issuing visas are disrupting the diversity visa lottery winners’ process. As a result, there is potential that these individuals will lose their chance to come to the…

Congress recently passed a bill that includes a blueprint regarding how legislation will be drawn for a pathway to citizenship and the issuance of green cards for millions of…

A new policy from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires all foreigners applying for a U.S. green card must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The new…

The Biden administration is reportedly creating a plan that will resume travel to the U.S. for qualifying foreign nationals. One requirement is everyone is fully vaccinated for…

If an employer wants to hire an F-1 student after the student graduates, the employer typically utilizes the H-1B Cap program to request a change in the F-1 student’s status from…

The "no blank space" rule rejection has been eliminated. Under the new rule, an individual whose form was rejected under the “No Blank Space” rule rejection policy may resubmit…

In the September 2021 Chats with Charlie, Charlie Oppenheim participates in a question and answer session. For this month, he stated the fiscal year 2021 and the upcoming fiscal…

A D.C. Federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of State to issue an additional 9,095 diversity visas. The Department had stopped processing visas for certain winners of the 2020…