Generally, a person who wants to apply for green card status as a legal permanent resident (a green card) in the United States must be in his or her home country to process the application.  However, this can be a problem for people who have already arrived in the United States legally.  For...

On September 1st, 2017, the Department of State (DOS) updated the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) with new guidance on the term "misrepresentation" for purposes of determining inadmissibility under INA §212(a)(6), which provides: "Any alien who, by fraud or willfully misrepresenting a material fact, seeks to procure (or has sought to procure or has procured)...

How would the proposed new U.S. immigration system work?

New legislation backed by President Trump could drastically alter the current immigration system.  Under the new system, highly educated, English speaking immigrants will be given priority to immigrate to the U.S.  While potential immigrants in many countries fear these changes to come, Indians...

What will happen to the Dreamers?

The DACA program has been much discussed in the news in recent months.  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced recently that the administration is rescinding the DACA program with a six-month delay.  It is believed that about 750,000 people could be affected by the decision.  With so...

O Programa Loteria de Diversidade de Vistos (DV) 2019, conhecida como loteria para o green card, começará ao meio-dia (EDT) de 3 de outubro de 2017 e se encerrará ao meio-dia (EDT) de 7 de novembro de 2017.

Os aplicantes devem fazer sua inscrição eletronicamente durante esse período usando o formulário E-DV no endereço www.dvlottery.state.gov....

Os advogados especializados em imigração do NPZ Law Group discutem as potenciais mudanças na legislação de imigração nos Estados Unidos e seus efeitos.
Como o plano de imigração de Trump pode afetar a possibilidade da minha família imigrar para os EUA?O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, recentemente anunciou uma proposta de imigração que pode ter...

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...

How might Trump’s immigration plan impact my family’s ability to come to the U.S.?

President Trump recently announced an immigration proposal which could have a significant impact on the future of immigration in America.  The bill would create a merit based...

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...

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....