March 12, 2021. The Department of Labor Announces a 60-Day Delay in Effective Date of Final Rule Affecting Wages for H-1B and PERM Workers


The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule delaying the effective date of the Final Rule, Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States, published on January 14, 2021, 86 FR 3608, for a period of 60 days. The Department has...
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USCIS UPDATE: Re-Registration Period Now Open for Hondurans with Temporary Protected Status

What Should Haiti Nationals Do Next? For Haitians living in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status granted to Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake in 2010, there are important changes to be aware of. On May 24, 2017, United States Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly extended...
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Secretary Mayorkas Designates Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months


Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas is designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, until September 2022. This new designation of TPS for Venezuela enables Venezuelan nationals (and individuals without nationality who last resided in Venezuela) currently residing in the United States to file initial applications for TPS, so long...
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E visa updates in Paris


On March 2, significant changes were made to the criteria for granting National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamation 10143 (extending PP 9993), which suspends travel from Schengen countries to the United States. Investors, including E visa holders and applicants, who were able to qualify for a National Interest Exception by showing that they...
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USCIS UPDATES GUIDANCE FOR SCHEDULE A OCCUPATIONS

In this vein, we are implementing the following protocols:

1. We are limiting in-person meetings. Instead, client appointments, consultations, and conferences will take place via phone and video as necessary and appropriate under the circumstances.

2. It is strongly suggested that visitors to our office be limited to those for “essential operations“ only.

3. It...

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NPZ LAW GROUP – US AND CANADA IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAWYERS – IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE:


Snehal Batra, Esq., joins the Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County Board of Trustees

Ms. Batra is a Managing Attorney at NPZ Law Group, PC, located in Raritan, NJ and an immigration attorney licensed in New Jersey since 2001. Snehal earned a Juris Doctorate (JD) from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, NJ and...
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USCIS Updated Guidance on Expedite Criteria, RFEs and NOIDs, and EAD Validity Periods


To prevent the spread of COVID-19, on November 26, 2021, President Biden signed a proclamation suspending the entry of certain noncitizens traveling as immigrants or nonimmigrants who were present in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe during the 14-day period prior to their entry or attempted entry into the United...
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