DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced today that his agency will not accept initial DACA filings and will limit DACA renewals to one year, reduced from two years. Likewise, the agency will not accept DACA applications for advance parole except in extraordinary…
During the Fall 2020 semester, new or initial students attending schools that are operating entirely online will not be permitted to enter the United States or change to student status in order to take a full online course load, the…
In recent weeks, there have been reports of delays in the issuance of EADs and green cards for some employment-based, family-based, and asylum-based immigration applications. On July 9, the Washington Post reported that USCIS has shut down printing of documents evidencing legal status…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue to implement the Trump Administration’s ban on “non-essential” travel across U.S. land borders and ferry travel with Mexico and Canada through August 20, according to a set of notices to be published in the Federal Register. The restrictions were due…
According to the State Department’s August Visa Bulletin, cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa will be as follows: EB-1: All countries except for China and India will remain current in August. China will advance by almost six months to February…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it is extending for another 30 days, or until August 19, 2020, its relaxed enforcement of the normal requirement to physically inspect the original documents presented by new hires during the I-9 process…
Beginning on March 20, 2020, U.S. consular posts worldwide suspended normal consular services, including routine visa services. Immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services remain restricted to emergencies and those deemed mission critical. Consular Affairs has clearly articulated that its first priority is…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it is rescinding a July 6 policy document that would have prohibited F-1 students from entering or remaining in the United States if their U.S. schools did not provide in-person instruction…
U.S. embassies and consulates will gradually resume routine nonimmigrant and immigrant visa services, according to a State Department tweet earlier today. Visa services have been widely suspended since mid-March in light of the COVID-19 virus. According to the agency, each consular post…
Numerous universities and U.S. states have filed federal lawsuits challenging a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that would require F-1 foreign students to depart the United States if their U.S. schools will conduct classes online only during the…