New York City Immigration Law Blog

Biden Administration Rescinds ‘Buy American and Hire American’ Executive Order and the Prohibitive Computer Programmer Memorandum’
On January 25, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order entitled "Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers" otherwise known as "BAHA". This order revoked the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order, which President...

Department of State Continues Resumption of Routine Visa Services
Good news for foreign workers and family members as well as immigrant visa holders and their families, in February 2021 the Department of State (DOS) announced a continuing phased resumption of routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services on a post-by-post basis,...

Biden Administration Revokes Trump Visa Ban
On February 24, President Joe Biden revoked the visa ban policy, Proclamation 10014 issued by the Trump Administration earlier during the pandemic that blocked many new workers to the US who did not have valid visas from entering the US. Further, President Biden...

March 2021 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the March 2021 Visa Bulletin which features significant advancement in many employment-based green card categories. Following the trend of the last two months, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...

Biden Administration Modifies US Citizenship Civics Test
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that beginning March 1st, it will revert to the 2008 version of the naturalization civics test for applicants who apply for U.S. citizenship through naturalization by revising the education requirements. The...

Biden Administration Unveils Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants and Reduction of Green Card Backlogs
On February 18, the Biden administration and congressional Democrats unveiled much-awaited legislation in the House, that would provide a path to create a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States. The proposal would...