New York City Immigration Law Blog

USCIS Allows Applicants To Apply For New SSN Number, Replacement Card
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...

Trump Immigration Policies To Be Rescind By The Biden Administration lawyer
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...

National Interest Exceptions (NIE) Guidelines
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...

USCIS Announces Major Changes To F1 Visa Guidelines
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...

US Chamber Seeks to Double H1-B Visa Quota, Remove Country Cap
On June 24, the US Chamber of Commerce took a bold step to urge the Biden Administration and Congress to remove the per-country cap limitation on green card applications. This campaign was launched by the Chamber to address the shortage of skilled and professional...

June 2021 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the monthly visa June 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 instructions...