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...
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...
What Role Does the Bureau of Labor Statistics Play in the PERM Process?
The road to a green card can seem never-ending. For those looking to obtain a green card based on employment status, it is generally required that their employer obtain a PERM Labor Certification for them as part of the process. The PERM process in and of itself can be overwhelming and involves very...
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...
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...
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...
H-1B Electronic Registration Process FY 2022
The initial registration period for FY 2022 will open at noon Eastern Time (ET) on March 9, 2021 and run through noon ET on March 25, 2021. Both representatives and registrants must wait until March 9 to create and complete H-1B registrations.
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National Interest Exceptions for Certain Travelers from the Schengen Area, United Kingdom, and Ireland
Certain business travelers, investors, treaty traders, academics, students, and journalists may qualify for national interest exceptions under the Presidential Proclamation (PP) covering travelers from the Schengen Area, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Qualified travelers who are applying for or have valid visas or ESTA authorization may travel to the United States even as the PP...
Extension of Presidential Proclamation 10052
On December 31, 2020, former President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation on Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue to Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market. Although this proclamation extended Presidential Proclamations (P.P.) 10014 and 10052 through March 31, 2021, President Biden rescinded P.P. 10014 on February 24,...
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