SEVP MODIFIES TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TAKING ONLINE COURSES DURING THE FALL 2020 SEMESTER
On Monday, July 6th the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced that it has implemented modifications to...
GLOBAL ENTRY ENROLLMENT REOPENING POSTPONED UNTIL AT LEAST AUGUST 10, 2020
Quick Takeaways The Global Entry Program has been closed since March 19th due to COVID-19. Its reopening has been...
EXECUTIVE ORDER UPDATE – DEPARTMENT OF STATE ADVISES IT WILL NOT ISSUE IMMIGRANT AND NONIMMIGRANT VISAS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020
Quick Takeaways: Changes now in effect. Unless subject to an exception, U.S. Department of State will not issue new or...
UPDATE: CANADIANS, BERMUDIANS, AND ALL CURRENT VISA HOLDERS EXEMPT FROM LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER
Quick Takeaways: Changes now in effect. Canadians and Bermudians excluded from Executive Order by virtue of being visa...
UPDATE: WHITE HOUSE SUSPENDS ISSUANCE OF H-1B, L-1, J-1, AND H-2B VISAS FOR REMAINDER OF 2020
Quick Takeaways: Changes go into effect 12:01AM EST on June 24, 2020 and unless lifted or enjoined will remain in...
ALERT: WHITE HOUSE EXPECTED TO IMMINENTLY ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDER AFFECTING H-1B, L-1, J-1, AND H-2B VISAS
Quick Takeaways: No changes in effect currently. Proposed suspension of issuing H-1B, L-1, J-1, and H-2B Visas for the...
BREAKING: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DACA PROGRAM
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind...
UPDATE – U.S. ADDS BRAZIL TO ONGOING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Quick Takeaways: Effective 11:59PM March 26, 2020, recent visitors to Brazil will also be banned from traveling to the...
BREAKING: USCIS WILL RESUME PREMIUM PROCESSING AS EARLY AS JUNE 1, 2020
Quick Takeaways: Phased roll-out will begin June 1, full return expected by June 22 when all H-1B Petitions, including...
USCIS ISSUES TEMPORARY POLICY CHANGES FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES COMPLYING WITH J-1 WAIVER EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATION DURING THE COVID-19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY
On May 11, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum introducing temporary...
H-2B NONIMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH VALID STATUS ARE ALLOWED TO EXTEND THEIR STAY BEYOND THREE YEARS DURING PANDEMIC
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an advance copy of a temporary final rule to be published and...
COMPANIES CAN USE SOME EXPIRED IDENTITY DOCUMENTS IN COMPLETING FORM I-9S
Summary: Last week (May 5, 2020) we wrote that executing a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)...