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Visa Bulletin – January 2021
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click the link to view the January 2021 Visa Bulletin The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins)…
President-elect Biden, Mexico’s president vow to cooperate on immigration
On a phone call on Saturday, December 19th, President-elect Joe Biden, and Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador discussed the immigration problems in the region. They committed to working on a more humane strategy to their shared immigration problems, with their main problem coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 24, 2020
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
USCIS Notice of Extension of TPS Doc. for Several Countries!
On Wednesday, December 9th, the USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register that DHS is automatically extending the validity of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)-related documentation for beneficiaries. These automatic extensions are for TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal and good through October 4, 2021.…
Trump Policies That May Be Finalized Before Inauguration Day 2021
The final days of a Presidential Administration often proves to be very busy! The Trump Administration will try to finish work on their key immigration priorities and try to preserve their immigration policies. They feel that the Trump administration will continue working hard until January 20, 2021 to make changes.…
BALCA Reverses Denial Finding Job Order Form Deficient
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently overturned the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Business Development Manager-IV.” After receiving and reviewing an Employer’s Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the CO issued an Audit. He directed the Employer to present…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 18, 2020
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
Immigration News – Top News Stories – Judge’s Order on DACA
List of some of the Top News Stories related to Judge’s Order on DACA! A federal Judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restore Deferred Action for the Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in full! Listed…
DHS response to Judge’s Order on DACA!
Judge Nicholas George Garaufis, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has issued an opinion regarding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restore DACA in full. On Friday, December 4, 2020, Judge Garaufis ordered DHS to take certain actions…