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...

USCIS recently published a FINAL RULE to modernize and improve several aspects of certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs. USCIS has also amended its regulations to better enable U.S. employers to hire and retain certain foreign workers who are beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions and are waiting to become lawful permanent...

USCIS published a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/2013 N. through Jan. 21, 2017. By Jan. 22, 2017, employers must use the revised form.

These are some of the changes in the new version:

• Employees only need to provide...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.

By Jan. 22, 2017, employers must use only the new version, dated 11/14/2016. Until then, they can continue to use the version dated 03/08/2013 or the new version.

Among the changes in the new version, Section 1 asks...