January 11, 2022
Deportation Relief for 2 Million Immigrants Sought by Democrats
Giving at least 2 million immigrants who are not in the country legally the ability to extend their stay, avoiding deportation, is being urged by a group of U.S. Senate Democrats…
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January 11, 2022
Immigrant Detention Rights To Be Considered by Supreme Court
Immigrants who are not legally in the U.S. can be held in detention centers for an indefinite period of time, awaiting their case review. In two cases before the Supreme Court, a…
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January 10, 2022
Mental Health Consideration for Immigration Cases Under Review
The Biden Administration submitted a third request for an extension on a case that may change how immigrants are determined to be a ‘danger to the community’. At the heart of the…
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January 6, 2022
Immigration Judges Can Disprove Previous Decisions
If a new legal standard applies to a case previously determined, immigration judges can contradict earlier decisions. A panel of judges from the Fifth Circuit court affirmed the…
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January 6, 2022
Increase Your Odds of H-1B Program Success
Ongoing demand for talent, particularly for technology professionals, outpaces available qualified individuals in the U.S. Companies with established H-1B plans are facing…
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January 3, 2022
USCIS Backlog Triples in Two Years
A report for fiscal year 2021 from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) showed a near tripling of backlog for all case types when compared to FY 2019. In…
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December 30, 2021
USCIS Extends Flexibilities to Responses
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the below statement on Dec 30, 2021, extending flexibilities previously announced. In response to the…
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December 28, 2021
Southern Africa Travel Restrictions To Be Lifted
The remaining country-based travel restriction placed on eight countries located in Southern Africa will be lifted on December 31, 2021. The ban was originally set on November 29,…
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December 23, 2021
U S. to Allow In-Person Interviews to be Waived for Select Visas Through 2022
The U.S. Department of State announced consular officers have the option to waive in-person interviews for certain visa categories if the individual has an approved petition from…
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December 23, 2021
DHS Pressured to Process Foreign Spouses’ Work Permits
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is facing pressure from a group of House Democrats to accelerate the processing of work authorizations for a group of visa holders.…
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