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What impact will the presidential election have on immigration? Will the new president terminate the Covid-19 presidential proclamations? COVID-19White House & President Immigration News

What impact will the presidential election have on immigration? Will the new president terminate the Covid-19 presidential proclamations?

On Saturday November 7, 2020 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris became the president elect and vice-president elect of the U.S. In 2020, president Trump signed multiple presidential proclamations related to the Covid-19 global pandemic & entry of foreign nationals to…
November 9, 2020
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Trump Signs Executive Order Reviewing Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Use of Nonimmigrant Workers H-1B and E-3 VisaImmigration

Trump Signs Executive Order Reviewing Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Use of Nonimmigrant Workers

On August 3, the Trump Administration signed an executive order that ordered the review of federal contractor and subcontractor’s use of nonimmigrant workers and overseas labor on federal contracts. The purpose of the executive order is to determine whether U.S.…
August 11, 2020
Does the new Proclamation apply to Canadians? Can a Canadian get an H-1B or L-1 visa? Can a Canadian get a TN visa? H-1B and E-3 VisaImmigrationL-1 VisaTN Visa

Does the new Proclamation apply to Canadians? Can a Canadian get an H-1B or L-1 visa? Can a Canadian get a TN visa?

On Monday June 22, The Trump Administration signed an Executive Order suspending the entry of some H-1B, H-4, H-2B, J, and L visa holders, with some exceptions. Starting on 12:01 am EST on June 24 and lasting until December 31, the…
June 26, 2020
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I am currently in the U.S. on an OPT and my employer filed an H-1B petition. Does the new executive order affect my H-1B application? H-1B and E-3 VisaImmigration

I am currently in the U.S. on an OPT and my employer filed an H-1B petition. Does the new executive order affect my H-1B application?

Let’s analyze the following scenario: You are currently in the U.S. on an OPT status or on a cap-gap extension and your employer filed an H-1B visa  change of status application. The H-1B  application is currently pending with USCIS and you may be wondering…
June 25, 2020
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Presidential Proclamation Suspends Some Non-Immigrants from Entering the US Until December 31 H-1B and E-3 VisaImmigrationL-1 Visa

Presidential Proclamation Suspends Some Non-Immigrants from Entering the US Until December 31

The Trump Administration has signed an Executive Order that will extend the April 2020 suspension of some immigrant visas until December 31. To learn more about the April 2020 suspension, please click here. This new Executive Order suspends the entry of…
June 23, 2020
Who do the visa sanctions recently announced by the Department of State affect? Why can’t nationals of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone be issued tourist visas? Immigration

Who do the visa sanctions recently announced by the Department of State affect? Why can’t nationals of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone be issued tourist visas?

The Department of State recently announced that it will stop issuing B tourist visas to nationals of the following countries: Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Nationals of Guinea will also not be issued F student visas, nor J or…
September 27, 2017
President Trump Issues an Executive Order Indefinitely Barring Most Travel to the U.S. For Citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea ImmigrationImmigration Law Changes &  New Law

President Trump Issues an Executive Order Indefinitely Barring Most Travel to the U.S. For Citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea

On Sunday September 25, 2017, as President Trump’s Executive Order barring travel from seven countries was set to expire, he issued a Presidential Proclamation (Executive Order) indefinitely suspending immigrant and non-immigrant travel to the U.S. for nationals from Chad, Iran,…
September 25, 2017
President Trump New Executive Order & Travel Ban – What are the New Travel Ban Rules? Deportation & Humanitarian ImmigrationFamily ImmigrationImmigrationImmigration Law Changes &  New Law

President Trump New Executive Order & Travel Ban – What are the New Travel Ban Rules?

President Trump has signed the much anticipated new travel ban that stops the issuance of visas and does not allow entry of nationals to the U.S. from: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.  Notably, nationals from Iraq are no…
March 7, 2017
I’m an immigrant and I’ve been arrested, will I be deported under President Trump’s Executive Actions? What can I do to protect myself from deportation after an arrest? Deportation & Humanitarian ImmigrationImmigration

I’m an immigrant and I’ve been arrested, will I be deported under President Trump’s Executive Actions? What can I do to protect myself from deportation after an arrest?

In his first week of office, President Trump signed several Executive Actions, among them three that directly relate to immigration.  One order, Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,  broadens immigration enforcement priorities, making those that entered…
February 23, 2017
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