The U.S. government is pausing implementation of Romania’s designation as a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country; the designation had been slated to take effect on or around March 31, 2025. Announcement of the pause is posted on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website, stating that…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that amends the foreign national registration regulations to provide for a new online process by which unregistered foreign nationals can comply with the existing registration requirements of the Immigration and Nationality…
With the current stopgap spending measure set to expire on March 14, a partial government shutdown is possible beginning on March 15, if agreement on an appropriations bill or another stopgap measure cannot be reached by March 14. Should a shutdown…
A federal district court in Maryland has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting implementation of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 birthright citizenship Executive Order (EO). In general, the EO seeks to deny citizenship to children born in the United States after February 19, 2025…
On his first day in office, President Trump signed a number of executive orders pertaining to immigration and national security. Though the executive orders do not impose immediate entry bans, they set forth the administration’s plans for future actions that…
The White House has designated Lebanese nationals for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED). The DED order blocks removal of certain Lebanese nationals from the United States for 18 months, and instructs the Department of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization to…
Employers and their immigration counsel may register foreign nationals for the FY 2025 H-1B cap starting at noon ET on March 6, 2024 through noon ET on March 22, 2024. All cap registrations must be drafted and submitted online during…
Congress has passed another short-term spending bill that will fund some federal agencies – including immigration operations – through March 8, 2024, while other federal agencies will be funded through March 1. President Biden is expected to sign the bill,…
The EB-1 India Final Action Date will advance by three years and eight months, to September 1, 2020, and the Date for Filing will advance by a year and a half, to January 1, 2021. The EB-1 China Final Action…
In April, USCIS will return to accepting adjustment of status applications based on the Visa Bulletin Final Action Dates chart, rather than the more generous Dates for Filing chart that it had been using the past several months. Next month,…