In our past article, “Major Changes to Asylum Interview Scheduling”, we discussed that starting January 29, 2018, the Asylum Division will give priority to the most recently filed affirmative asylum applications when scheduling asylum interviews. Although this change may deter…
Starting January 29, 2018, the Asylum Division will give priority to the most recently filed affirmative asylum applications when scheduling asylum interviews. What are the new scheduling priorities? Asylum Offices will schedule cases in the following order: First priority: Applications…
In our previous articles, “H1-B Visa – An Overview” and “H1-B Visa - Premium Processing for Faster Results”, we discussed that U.S. employers may submit H-1B petitions to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services “USCIS” on the first business day of…
In our previous article, “H-1B Visa - An Overview”, we discussed that this visa category allows U.S. employers to hire certain skilled foreign professional to work in the U.S. for a temporary period of time. We pointed out that due…
The H-1B is a nonimmigrant visa category that allows U.S. employers to petition for highly educated foreign professionals to work in “specialty occupations” that require at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent. Jobs in fields such as mathematics, engineering, and technology…
Although most Americans have come across the phrase "waiting in line," as it pertains to immigrant visas for family members of U.S. citizens or U.S. legal permanent residents (green card holders), they do not have a clear understanding of what…
In a previous article, we provided examples of actions that Department of State’s Foreign Affair Manual (“FAM”) indicated as “inconsistent conduct” as it pertains to the “90 day” rule. Visiting individuals changing their status within 90 days of entry One…
In a previous article, we discussed that effective August 1, 2017, the Department of State (DOS) revised its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) guidance on how consular officers should make determinations of inadmissibility under INA 212(a)(6)(C). In particular, we discussed that the…
Effective August 1, 2017, the Department of State (DOS) revised its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) guidance on how consular officers should make determinations of inadmissibility under INA 212(a)(6)(C). This section of the law provides in general that: "Any alien who, by…
The Selective Service System is an agency of the United States government that maintains information on those potentially subject to military mandatory enrollment. Although the United States military has been an all-volunteer force since 1973, the government maintains the ability to start a draft in case of a…