Como a CSPA protege as crianças contra a perda da elegibilidade à residência permanente conforme os anos passam à espera da aprovação do processo?Devido à longa fila de espera de aplicações para visto, o então presidente George Bush assinou em 2002 a Lei de Proteção ao Status da Criança (Child Status Protection Act, ou...

Why are so many U.S. diplomats in opposition to deportation of TPS recipients?

President Trump continues his seeming quest to deport hundreds of thousands of temporary protected status or TPS recipients. The Trump administration persists in taking such action, despite opposition by several career diplomats. In fact, evidence has now emerged as...

A Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos validou a terceira versão do veto migratório do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, que atualmente exclui cidadãos de sete países. A Corte considerou que a proclamação foi “enquadrada dentro do escopo da autoridade presidencial sob a INA”. INA é a sigla em inglês para a Lei de...

Employment-Based Preference CategoriesEB-1 China and EB-1 India remain steady at January 1, 2012, and DOS anticipates this date will hold for the remainder of the fiscal year. It is hoped that these categories will become current again on October 1, 2018, but demand trends will be monitored over the summer. If USCIS District Offices...

The Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s September 24, 2017 Proclamation (Travel Ban 3.0), which currently excludes nationals from seven countries, stating that the proclamation was “squarely within the scope of Presidential authority under the INA.”

Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court, and Justices Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch joined. Justice Breyer filed...

 

O Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS) anunciou recentemente que os atuais beneficiários do Status de Proteção Temporária (TPS) pela designação Honduras que desejam desejam manter esse status até a data designada para o seu encerramento, 5 de janeiro de 2020, devem fazer um novo registro até 6 de...

According to multiple stories from several news outlets, the United States may begin requiring visitors applying for US Non-immigration Visas to provide their social media history. Pursuant to stories published by Reuters, The New York Times, and BBC, it appears that the Trump Administration would like to add a new social media information...

Volunteer positions that are not directly related to your course of study do not qualify as optional practical training (OPT) and must not be listed as OPT employment. Reporting non-qualifying volunteer opportunities as OPT employment will be deemed a violation of your reporting requirements and subject you to removal from the United States.

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