Latest Immigration Updates
Written by: Ashik Jahan, Esq. Immigrant Investor Program The Immigrant Investor Program, commonly known as EB-5, was established to stimulate the U.S. economy by giving foreign entrepreneurs the opportunity to permanently live and work in the U.
Trump Administration Seeks to Limit Legal Immigration Through Executive Orders: A Public Charge and Health Insurance Mandate End-Around
Written by: Ashik R. Jahan, Esq. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation earlier this month that will require immigrants to prove they can obtain health insurance before they can immigrate to, or obtain permanent residency in, the United
Final Rule introduces substantial changes to EB-5 Investor Program
By: Ashik Jahan, Esq. and Dorothea Hockel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule that makes a number of significant changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The EB-5 program allows individuals to apply
August 2019 Visa Bulletin – Significant Retrogression in numerous visas categories
Written by: Ashik Jahan, Esq. and Dorthea Hockel The U.S. Department of State has recently released the new Visa Bulletin for August 2019, which shows a substantial retrogression in family and employment based categories. The most noticeable cha
Visa Applicants Now Required to Disclose Social Media Information
By: Ashik R. Jahan, Esq. & Bara Ahmad The State Department recently implemented a new policy that requires all visa applicants to provide information about all social media accounts the applicant has been active on over the past five years.
Immigration Updates
Ashik Jahan, Esq. USCIS resumes premium processing for H1B petitions. https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-resumes-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-filed-or-dec-21-2018 Trump administration pushes forward with plans to end EAD for H4
Immigrants Feel Pain as Government Shutdown Creates Delays, Backlogs
Written by: Ashik Jahan, Esq. Thousands of immigrants and their families face uncertainty and lengthy delays in hearings before immigration judges as the longest U.S. government shutdown in history causes massive backlogs in immigration courts a
Shutdown on Immigration Harms E-Verify
Written by: Ashik R. Jahan The government shutdown over a border wall ironically leads to the shutdown of E-Verify, the program used to confirm eligibility of an employee to work in the U.S. https://www.npr.org/2019/01/03/681969112/an-irony-shut
USCIS Guidance on RFE and NOIDs effective 9/11/18
Written by: Ashik R. Jahan, Esq. https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-updates-policy-guidance-certain-requests-evidence-and-notices-intent-deny USCIS guidance regarding the discretion to deny an application, petition, or request wit
USCIS to increase cost of premium processing as of October 1, 2018
DHS published a final rule in today’s Federal Register increasing the premium processing filing fee by 14.92 percent, changing it from $1,225 to $1,410. The rule is effective October 1, 2018, and applications postmarked on or after that date