The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, due to COVID-19.

This temporary guidance was set to expire July 19. Because of ongoing precautions related to COVID-19, DHS has extended this policy...

A "regra final" sobre a carga pública (fevereiro de 2020) tinha como objetivo restringir os critérios para pedidos de visto ou Green Card, exigindo que um requerente fosse apoiado financeiramente por familiares, amigos ou organizações e sendo autossuficiente.

Em resposta à política atualizada, o USCIS introduziu o formulário I-944, Declaração de Autossuficiência, com o objetivo...

La "regla final" sobre cargos públicos (febrero de 2020) tenía por objeto endurecer los criterios para las solicitudes de visado o de tarjeta verde al exigir que un solicitante contara con el apoyo financiero de familiares, amigos u organizaciones y fuera autosuficiente.

En respuesta a la política actualizada, el USCIS introdujo el formulario I-944, Declaración...

Until further notice, IRCC issued a public policy to exempt temporary resident applicants applying from within Canada from having to give their biometrics until further notice. The exemption applies to applicants applying for an extension of work permit, a new work permit, an extension of a study permit, a new study permit, a visitor...

 

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Em 22 de junho de 2020, o presidente Trump emitiu a Proclamação Presidencial 10052, que suspendeu a entrada de estrangeiros nos Estados Unidos com certos vistos de trabalho para não-imigrantes com inicio no dia 24 de junho de 2020, às 00:01 (ET).  Esta Proclamação...

The L-1 visa, more commonly known as the intracompany transfer visa, allows qualifying foreign national professionals who are employed by multinational companies to come to the U.S. to work for the U.S. based operation of the company. The foreign national employee may be coming to work for the company’s U.S. branch, or an...

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Johns Hopkins University filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Trump administration from stripping international students of their visas and forcing them to leave the U.S. if they are not taking any in-person courses in the fall.

The Baltimore institution filed the suit on Friday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a Washington,...