Employment-Based Preference Categories. Increased demand across the employment-based preferences, including EB-4 and EB-5, has significantly decreased the "otherwise unused numbers" which have traditionally trickled up to EB-1 and potentially down to EB-2. For example, in FY 2016, Special Immigrant Juvenile cases used more than 50% of the entire EB-4 annual limit, thus preventing many...

In recent months, a Presidential Memorandum, leaked Department of State cables, and a Federal Register notice have detailed the Trump Administration’s plans to implement “Extreme Vetting” of individuals determined by consular officers to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related ineligibilities. Although it is impossible to know what the...

Por Snehal Batra, advogada do NPZ Law Group

Desde que assumiu a presidência dos Estados Unidos, em janeiro, Donald Trump passou os primeiros 100 dias do seu governo no seu gabinete emitindo ordens executivas. Entre elas, Trump assinou duas ordens executivas banindo a entrada no país de cidadãos não-americanos de certos países de maioria...

Um estrangeiro que tenha sido vítima de um crime nos Estados Unidos pode se qualificar para o status U de não-imigrante. O visto U é concedido a vítimas de certos crimes que sofreram significativo abuso físico e mental e desejam ajudar autoridades do governo e da Justiça na investigação e no processo da atividade...

Following President Donald Trump’s administration’s promise to crack down on fraudulent misuse of the H-1B visa program, a number of federal agencies have kicked off joint efforts to re-interpret and re-enforce H-1B visa regulations. Already, a number of significant changes have...

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has spent his first 100 days in office issuing Executive Orders. Among them, Trump has signed two Executive Orders directing travel bans for non-U.S. citizens of certain Muslim-majority countries: on January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769 (Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States));...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) released its FINAL International Entrepreneur Rule, which amends regulations on DHS’ parole authority to enhance entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation in the U.S. The rule will be included in new section 8 C.F.R. § 212.19 and it establishes criteria for the use of parole authority of the...