USCIS Relaxed Immigration Policies during Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic On March 18th, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services temporarily suspended in-person services in h opes to slow the spread of COVID-19. USCIS plans to reopen offices on or after June 4th, 2020, unless there is an extension in public closures. USCIS continues to process green cards, […]
Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Impacts on Immigrant Applicants Recent measures taken by the United States government, in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), have disrupted immigration services and proceedings. Here is a brief overview of commonly asked questions regarding how this pandemic will affect noncitizens, particularly green card and naturalization applicants. […]
Proclamation of April 22nd, 2020: The Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market during the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak On Wednesday, April 22nd, President Trump signed an executive order to suspend the issuance of new green cards to prevent immigration into the […]
Immigration is constantly in the news lately, and the USCIS is constantly making changes that will impact legal immigration, for better or for worse. What USCIS Changes are Being Made in 2020? There are a number of changes in the books for 2020, some of which are designed to slow immigration and others to streamline […]
Consequences of COVID-19 on U.S. immigration policy In the midst of our interconnected world, COVID-19 has rapidly spread and awakened the world’s anxieties while new related policies have abruptly restricted human movement. As the Trump Administration attempts to contain the contemporary strain of Coronavirus, U.S. immigration policy has been shaped by the crisis. Impacts of […]
Immigration laws are constantly changing and evolving. And these changes are making it increasingly difficult for individuals to understand the immigration process and what steps they need to take in order to apply for particular Visa’s, Green Cards, and U.S. Citizenship. These new immigration policies have also made it extremely crucial for individuals to […]
Since the 1940s, the U.S. agricultural industry has heavily relied on the undocumented immigrant labor force to support its needs. However, in 2008, after significant expenditures to increase border security, there was a massive slowdown of these farm workers coming into the country. As a result, the agricultural industry was left in severe need of […]
New Public Charge Rule: What Documents do Green Card Applicants need now? Since 1996, federal laws have stated that aliens must demonstrate self-sufficiency to be granted permanent legal status. The Supreme Court’s Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule, implemented on February 24th, 2020, revised the guidelines of determining whether an alien individual is admissible […]
New Public Charge Rule’s Impact on Green Card Applicants Since February 24th, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule nationwide. This public charge rule expands the grounds on which immigration enforcement officials can deny the acquisition of a green card or other legal status to […]
Staying Informed on the New H-1B Immigration Cap Registration System Immigration law is complicated. No one knows this better than Elliot M.S Yi and his team of immigration attorneys at Immigration Law Group. When you’re applying for a work visa, it can seem as though the rules are constantly changing, and they only get more […]
