The P-1A Visa: Allowing Talented Athletes to Come to the U.S.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced updated guidance for adjudicating requests for P-1A nonimmigrant classification for internationally recognized athletes.

The guidance clarifies the meaning of the phrase “major United States sports league or team” as used in the regulations, 8 CFR 214.2(p)(4)(ii)(B), and specific to internationally recognized athletes, a category that is distinct from the...

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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain Categories of Applicants Seeking H-1B Visas.


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing today for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the Fiscal Year year (FY) 2018 cap. The FY 2018 cap has been set at 65,000 visas. Premium processing has also resumed for the annual 20,000 additional petitions that are set aside to hire workers with a...
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: 2017 Rescission Announcement: What It Means

On Sept. 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly phase out of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DHS will provide a limited, six-month window during which it will consider certain requests for DACA and applications for work authorization, under...

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NPZ LAW GROUP ECHOS THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE 2019 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY. AS WE HAVE SAID IN THE PAST . . . “IF YOU ARE NOT IN IT, YOU CANNOT WIN IT!


The 2019 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2019) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017, and will close at noon, EDT, Tuesday, November 7th, 2017. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted....
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The Immigration Lawyers at NPZ Law Group – Visaserve – Oferecem aos destinatários do DACA e aos empregadores do DACA alguns lembretes importantes


Em seu primeiro dia no cargo, em 20 de janeiro de 2021, o presidente Biden assinou 6 ordens executivas de imigração, incluindo uma revogação da chamada "Proibição de Viagens Muçulmanas". A proibição de viagens foi decretada em 2017 e restringiu as viagens e imigração para os EUA da Síria, Irã, Iraque, Sudão, Líbia, Somália...
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Rescission Of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA)


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly wind down of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

“This Administration’s decision to terminate DACA was not taken lightly. The Department of Justice has carefully evaluated the program’s Constitutionality and determined it conflicts with our existing immigration laws,” said Acting Secretary Elaine...
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Trump acaba com programa que protege imigrantes ilegais que chegaram aos EUA quando crianças

O governo do presidente Donald Trump anunciou nesta terça-feira que vai começar a eliminar o programa criado na gestão de Barack Obama que autoriza jovens imigrantes ilegais a viver nos Estados Unidos sem medo de serem deportados. O governo atual alega que o programa é inconstitucional, mas concede um prazo para que a nova...

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