A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in full. DACA shields young people from deportation and with this new order it will be open again to new applicants! The Trump Administration had shut down any new applicants since 2017.
Please review The Hill’s news article for more detailed information: Federal judge orders DHS to restore DACA, open new applications
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Question #1 – Naturalization
Will I be asked all 100 civics questions during the naturalization interview?
List of some of the Top News Stories related to Immigration:
Politico, 11/20/20:
The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.
With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Louisiana, Maine and Maryland!
The AIC has compiled research which shows that Immigrants are an essential part of each of these states’ economy, labor force and tax base. As our economy continues to grow, Immigrants and their children are a growing economic and political force as consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. As United States economic continues to grow, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping the economic and political future of each of these states.
Last Tuesday President-elect Joe Biden was interviewed by NBC News Reporter, Lester Holt about his agenda. He told the reporter that he would use his first 100 days in office to act on an immigration bill, roll back President Trump’s executive orders on the environment and send assistance to state and local governments.
Biden stated in the interview, “I made a commitment, in the first 100 days, I will send an immigration bill to the United States Senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in America,”! He warned that, “Some of it is going to depend on the kind of cooperation I can or cannot get from the United States Congress,”.
Please review The Hill’s news article for more detailed information: Immigration, executive action top Biden preview of first 100 days
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 Blog.
If you have a burning question, are seeking assistance with a difficult immigration related case, wish to discuss your views on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, priority dates, the monthly visa bulletin, adjustment applications, etc., please contact us by submitting your question/comment/viewpoint in our comment box provided on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.
Our next “Q & A Forum” will take place this Friday, December 4, 2020. Act now and submit your questions!
The Immigrant Investor Program, EB-5 Visa has become a source of investment for development projects within the United States, attracting billions of dollars to our economy and creating thousands of jobs in the United States. The EB-5 stated purpose is to create jobs and growth. The USCIS has developed an online presentation on the Immigrant Investor Program and have posted it on YouTube, I placed the linked below.
The USCIS presentation: Updates – Immigrant Investor Program – video. 11/10/20
You can now check USCIS processing times online at the USCIS web site. All you need to enter is your form number, and the office processing your case. USCIS has made processing times easier to understand and provide a more realistic date range.
The processing time range is how long it is taking for USCIS to process your type of case from the date they received it. USCIS processes cases in the order they receive them, and they normally update this information monthly. The estimated time range displayed is based on data captured over the last two months.
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.
Click the link to view the December 2020 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) and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center using Consular Processing (outside of the US) or file on their own with USCIS Form I-485 (within the US).
USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2021
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, USCIS announced that it has reached the H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2020. November 16, 2020 is now the “final receipt date” for cap-subject H-2B worker requesting employment start dates before April 1, 2021. The “final receipt date” is the date on which USCIS determined that it has received enough cap-subject petitions to reach the limit of H-2B workers for the first half FY2021. USCIS continues to accept petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated H-2B cap.
The exceptions are listed below:
H1B Visa Lawyer Blog