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On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued several Orders on immigration. Some orders took immediate effect, while others may take more time to be implemented. President Biden's Immigration Policy Immigration Executive Orders: • Reuniting migrant children with their...

The first approved and released COVID-19 vaccine created by Pfeizer/BioNTech has a 90 percent efficacy rate, and it was created by an immigrant couple. The vaccine was pioneered by an immigrant couple in Germany, Dr. Ugur Sahin and Dr. Ӧzlem Tϋreci. Dr. Sahin is a...

Following the court order reinstating DACA, effective December 7, 2020, USCIS will accept first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under DACA.  After more than three years of policy changes and attempts to limit and potentially cancel the program under...

Earlier this month USCIS updated its policy guidance related to the naturalization civics test, increasing the general number of questions from 100 to 128, the number of exam questions from 10 to 20, and the number of correct answers needed to pass from 6 to 12.  The...

Today August 3, 2020, USCIS published a final rule that significantly increases certain immigration filing fees. The rule, which will be effective October 2, 2020, also removes some fee exemptions, changes fee waiver requirements, alters premium processing time...

Yesterday, President Trump issued a proclamation continuing Proclamation 10014 and limiting the entry, with some exceptions, of individuals seeking entry on an H-1B, H-2B, J, or L visa, including individuals accompanying or following to join individuals on these...

In the last three months in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS Field Offices were only accessible for emergency services. Earlier this week the offices are starting to slowly reopen. USCIS Field Office Partial Reopening At the Portland, Oregon Field Office,...

We live in unprecedented times! COVID-19 pandemic has made a significant impact on the processing and issuance of green cards. On April 23, 2020, the Presidential Proclamation that suspended the entry of immigrants who would be considered a risk to the U.S. Labor...

Here’s What We Know On April 22, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of any individual seeking to enter the United States as an immigrant who: Is outside the United States on the effective date of the proclamation; Does not have a valid...

It is incredible how much the world has changed in a week.  As cities and states continue to issue a range of “shelter in place” orders and as public health concerns over COVID-19 continue to grow, immigration professionals are scrambling to shift their practices and...