DACA Phase-Out – Renewal Applications Due by October 5 The Trump Administration has announced its plan to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on March 5, 2018. Individuals who were already approved to receive DACA benefits will be able to continue to work and receive...
Read More...Proposed Immigration Bill: RAISE Act The Trump administration has backed a new Immigration Bill which would create a points system for employment-based permanent residence. The RAISE Act, if passed, would replace the current green card program which is based on five employment-based green card preference categories. The proposed...
Read More...Travel Ban Update A federal court in Hawaii ruled in mid-July that the Department of Homeland Security may not apply the travel ban to grandparents, grandchildren and certain other family members of persons in the United States. The Trump Administration appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit and...
Read More...Parts of the Travel Ban Takes Effect June 29 On June 26, the Supreme Court released a decision to uphold certain sections of the Trump Administration’s travel ban. Effective Thursday June 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET those sections will go into effect. Who Is Effected? Foreign nationals from...
Read More...Diversity Visa Lottery: The Department of State Selects Fiscal Year 2018 DV Lottery Winners Foreign nationals who entered the Fiscal Year 2018 Diversity Visa Lottery may now visit https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ to learn whether they were selected to apply for U.S. permanent residence. Note that the State Department does not...
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