NPZ Immigration Law Blog

On March 2, significant changes were made to the criteria for granting National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamation 10143 (extending PP 9993), which suspends travel from Schengen countries to the United States. Investors, including E visa holders and applicants
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Many F-1 visa holders, particularly those who are engaged in OPT change their immigration status to become professional and specialty workers (H-1B workers).
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The threshold question for an H-1B nonimmigrant work visa is whether the intending H-1B nonimmigrant has the equivalence of a U.S. Bachelor’s Degree in a specific field. Most of the prospective H-1B employees and H-1B employers begin with either of the following two thoughts: “I would like to work in the U.S. using an H-1B visa, but am not sure if I qualify” or “I want to hire a foreign worker but not sure if the individual qualifies for an H-1B visa.”

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Snehal Batra, Esq., joins the Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County Board of Trustees

Ms. Batra is a Managing Attorney at NPZ Law Group, PC, located in Raritan, NJ and an immigration attorney licensed in New Jersey since 2001. Snehal earned a Juris Doctorate (JD) from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, NJ and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Honors in Political Science from Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2001, a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is also Chair of the Immigration Law Section of the Somerset County Bar Association. Snehal is also an active member of the Branchburg Rotary.

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On December 31, 2020, former President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation on Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue to Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market. Although this proclamation extended Presidential Proclamations (P.P.) 10014 and 10052 through March 31, 2021, President Biden rescinded P.P. 10014 on February 24, 2021.
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Certain business travelers, investors, treaty traders, academics, students, and journalists may qualify for national interest exceptions under the Presidential Proclamation (PP) covering travelers from the Schengen Area, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Qualified travelers who are applying for or have valid visas or ESTA authorization may travel to the United States even as the PP remains in effect following the procedures below.
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The initial registration period for FY 2022 will open at noon Eastern Time (ET) on March 9, 2021 and run through noon ET on March 25, 2021. Both representatives and registrants must wait until March 9 to create and complete H-1B registrations.
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In February 2021, the US Citizenship Act of 2021 was introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives (HR 1177). There is a lot of information introduced about how the Citizenship Act of this year will enable US citizenship for TPS holders, DACA recipients, H-2A farmworkers, and the 11 million undocumented people that live in the US.
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USCIS today announced flexibilities for certain foreign students affected by delayed receipt notices for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. These flexibilities apply only to applications received on or after Oct. 1, 2020, through May 1, 2021, inclusive.
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USCIS ૨૨ ફેબ્રુઆરી, ૨૦૨૧ના રોજ જાહેરાત કરી છે કે પહેલી માર્ચ ૨૦૨૧થી શરૂ થનારા નેચરલાઇઝેશન સિવિસ્ટ ટેસ્ટ ફરીથી ૨૦૦૮ના વર્ઝન પ્રમાણે જ થશે. પહેલી ડિસેમ્બર ૨૦૨૦ના રોજ USCIS નવા ટેસ્ટ (2020 civic test)ની જાહેરાત કરી હતી, પણ તેનો અમલ હવે નહીં થાય.
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O USCIS anunciou hoje que está revertendo o teste de cidadania de naturalização, que começa em 1º de março de 2021, para a versão de 2008.

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O USCIS estabelece que administrará o teste de civismo de 2008 aos candidatos que solicitaram a naturalização antes de 1º de dezembro de 2020, ou que entrarão com o processo em 1º de março de 2021, ou depois.

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