The final version of the long-awaited U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulation, “Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers,” was recently promulgated and it is due to take effect on January 17, 2017.

The rule updates and amends current regulations and guidance concerning employment-based visa programs...

Bu mevsim mutlu olma mevsimi fakat aynı zamanda uluslararası seyahatlerin de trajik sonuçlarla karşılaşacağı bir mevsim. Bu tatil süresince bir çok yabancı uyruklu insan Birlesik Devletler dışında seyahate çıkacak. Tatil Aralik sonunda başlayıp Ocak ortasina kadar surucek. Tabiki bazıları Gümrük ve Sınır Koruma ile vakit geçirmek zorunda kalıcak. Diğerleri için ise kendi ülkelerinde Birleşik...

EB-4 EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND MEXICO. DOS continues to observe huge demand in the EB-4 category, especially with respect to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. As previously reported, this is largely due to demand for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJS) visas from these countries.

As noted in the January 2017 Visa Bulletin, the final...

Les fêtes de fin d’année apportent souvent beaucoup de joie, mais c’est aussi une période assez folle en matière de voyages internationaux. Beaucoup de ressortissants étrangers vont voyager hors des Etats-Unis lors de cette période. Le pic de voyages a en général lieu entre fin décembre et mi-janvier. Pour certains, ce voyage hivernal sera...

Throughout the campaign, President-Elect Trump made U.S. immigration law issues one of his cornerstones. Generally, Trump’s immigration ideology did not seem to address highly-skilled business immigration. President-elect Donald Trump’s 10-point immigration plan seemed to be squarely focused on undocumented immigration and border security and he did not seem to set forth any clear or...

Starting December 23, 2016, applicants must use only the 12/23/16 edition of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. USCIS will reject earlier versions of the form after that date. Applications postmarked or filed on or after Dec. 23 must also include the new fees or USCIS will not be able to accept them.

Special Note for...

New U.S. President and What Immigration Rules and Policies May Change from Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ)...

• The imposition of a final action date for EB-4 Mexico

• A reminder regarding the December 9, 2016 expiration date of the non-minister EB-4 special immigrant category and the immigrant investor pilot program (I5 and R5)

• A prediction that EB-1 China and EB-1 India will be subject to a final action date...

By now everyone knows that Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States and will begin to serve his term in January 2017. No matter who is president, everyone living in the U.S. has certain basic rights under the U.S. Constitution.

Undocumented immigrants have these rights, too. It is important that we all...