New York City Immigration Law Blog

Biden Administration Suspends Travel from India Effective May 4 Due to COVID-19 Risks
With daily news reports of India's current COVID crisis worsening, President Biden issued the most recent Presidential Proclamation suspending travel on April 30, 2021. Entitled "A Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants Who Pose a Risk of...

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

DHS Moves to Preserve Obama Program for Foreign Entrepreneurs
On Monday, May 10, 2021, the Biden administration announced that it would resurrect an Obama-era program a program permitting international entrepreneurs into the country to start businesses and create jobs, and allow more immigrant entrepreneurs to come to the United...

US Department of Labor Proposes Extended Delay of Regulation Increasing PERM and H-1B Wage Salaries
On March 12, 2021, The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed an extended delay in the effective date which for the first start date was scheduled for March 15, 2021, of a regulation that would raise prevailing wage rates for the H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and the PERM programs....

USCIS To Allow Employers Another Chance at Certain H-1B Denials
On Friday, March 12, 2021, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it may reopen and/or reconsider the denial of previously filed H-1B visa petitions, in cases where the denial was based on one or more of three since-rescinded policy memos....

April 2021 Visa Bulletin Governs the Issuance of Immigrant Visas (Permanent Residence)
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the April 2021 Visa Bulletin 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the month which features significant advancement in many employment-based green card categories and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services...