President Biden's Immigration Law

With Congress in recess, a quick state of play for immigration legislation this session:

- America COMPETES (CHIPS) Act

- National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

- Afghan Adjustment Act

- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

- Farm Workforce Modernization Act

- American Dream and Promise Act

- U.S. Citizenship Act


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The White House provided a fact sheet detailing new DHS actions intended to attract and maintain STEM talent in the US. These include DHS policy manual updates on O-1 visas, creation of the Early Career STEM Research Initiative, changes to SEVP, USCIS policy manual updates, and more.
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On January 20, 2021, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 10141, titled “Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States.” This Proclamation revoked Presidential Proclamations (P.P.) 9645 and 9983, which had suspended entry into the United States of certain nationals, based on visa type, from Burma, Eritrea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Nigeria, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Venezuela, and Yemen.
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To prevent the spread of COVID-19, on November 26, 2021, President Biden signed a proclamation suspending the entry of certain noncitizens traveling as immigrants or nonimmigrants who were present in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe during the 14-day period prior to their entry or attempted entry into the United States. The suspension takes effect 12:01 AM EDT on Monday, November 29.


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With the recent announcement made by the Biden Administration regarding a more stringent international air travel policy, which becomes effective beginning on November 8th, people have more questions than ever about COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirements for international travel.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a global threat, the Biden Administration has released more details in its plans for implementing both safer and more stringent regulations for international air travel. Guided by public health standards, the updated policy puts an international travel system intended to protect the health and well-being of everyone. The new regulations start on November 8th and so now is the time to learn more about these developments.
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The Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, PC) law group managing attorneys - Visaserve - with offices in Ridgewood New Jersey, Raritan New Jersey, New a York City and affiliated offices in Canada and in India - discuss US immigration policies under the Biden/Harris administration.
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Workplace immigration raids, a resource-intensive and controversial method of identifying and processing illegally-working immigrants, have been scraped by the Biden Administration. In the last 15 years, the practice was employed by two Administrations.
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The Biden Administration announced a new international air travel policy that is stringent, consistent across the globe, and guided by public health.

Starting on November 8, foreign national air travelers to the United States will be required to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of vaccination status prior to boarding an airplane to fly to the United States, with only limited exceptions.
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On October 25, 2021, the United States President gave a proclamation regarding international travel to the US following the existing restrictions placed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proclamation revised those restrictions and now has allowed international travel to the US to resume, provided that air travelers are fully vaccinated.
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The President announced that the United States will be putting in place strict protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 from passengers flying internationally into the United States, by requiring that adult foreign nationals traveling to the United States be fully vaccinated. This policy means that we will no longer be implementing the current 212(f) travel policies for individual countries as of early November, and will be moving to a consistent, stringent requirement for all international air travelers coming to the United States.
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