On June 29, 2021, the U.S. State Department announced that National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) to Presidential Proclamations 9984 (China), 9992 (Iran), 10143 (Brazil, South Africa, the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, & Ireland), and 10199 (India) issued...

  The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the monthly visa September 2021 Visa Bulletin which features significant advancement in many employment-based green card categories and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued...

Good news to immigrants with looser bureaucratic rules for important social security benefits! On August 9, The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that applicants can apply for a Social Security number or a replacement card during the...

Just recently, the Biden administration hired a former Obama official with the intent to taper the restrictive immigration policies developed under former President Donald Trump through,Lucas Guttentag who will serve as a senior counselor on immigration policy and...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a far-reaching entry ban has been in place for months and in order to still permit certain travelers/visitors to the US, the U.S. authorities have introduced the National Interest Exception (NIE), which allows travel to the U.S. for...

On July 20, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced new policy guidance that eliminates the need for individuals who have applied for a change of status (COS) to F-1 student to apply to change or extend their nonimmigrant status while their initial F-1...