Let’s face it, like many other Trump promises, the ten point Immigration plan is not going to happen. There’s not going to be a wall, not going to be selective Immigration from certain countries, not going to be a Muslim…
Let’s face it, like many other Trump promises, the ten point Immigration plan is not going to happen. There’s not going to be a wall, not going to be selective Immigration from certain countries, not going to be a Muslim…
A common pitfall for Employment Authorization Document Card is that The Employee applies. The Citizenship and Immigration Service takes a long time to adjudicate the application The Employment Authorization Document expires The Employee cannot work legally after this day, and…
EB-5 Job creation and money in US I know Trump makes for a great opening line in any blog, so I will start with Trump. Trump criticized Mr. Khan, the Gold Star parent by saying that Khan, a lawyer…
The EB-5 Regional Center program is undergoing change from every direction: its statutory existence is set to expire in about 2 months absent legislation to extend it; there are long delays in USCIS EB-5 petition processing, and significantly, there is…
Recently trending are allegations that Boston Scientific may knowingly be using counterfeit material sold by a notorious China-based counterfeiter in their vaginal mesh sling products, that they have not conducted appropriate tests using the new material and that they defrauded…
In January, 2016, the Department of State’s Chief of Visa Control and Reporting Charles Oppenheim responded to questions regarding trends and projections for employment based visa number availability for EB-2s and EB-3s for India and China. In brief, here is…
In August 2015, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a quarterly report on the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). The report, SEVIS by the Numbers, reveals details about the program. As background, foreign students are admitted to the…
On September 25, 2015, the Department of State (“DOS”) revised its October, 2015 Visa Bulletin resulting in greater delays in Dates of Filing for EB-2s for China and India, and EB-3s for the Philippines. F1s and F3s for Mexico are…
Starting in October, 2015, the Department of State’s monthly Visa Bulletin will contain a Date for Filing an adjustment application and a Final Action Date. The former is the date that a family or employment based adjustment applicant can be…
Bi-partisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to extend the EB-5 regional center program for immigrant investors, and it includes significant changes. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced Senate Bill 1501 on June 3. The…