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Immigration Impact of a Government Shutdown

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 10/2/2023

If Congress does not reach a budget agreement by September 30, 2023, the federal government will shut down October 1. Below is a brief overview of the potential immigration impact based on how government agencies operated...more

How a Government Shutdown Would Affect Immigration Cases

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 10/2/2023

The potential government shutdown Sunday would impact a host of federal government programs and agencies, and immigration is no exception. Here’s a look at the potential impact of a shutdown on immigration-related programs...more

How Will a Possible 2023 Government Shutdown Impact U.S. Immigration?

Littler on 10/2/2023

In anticipation of a possible 2023 government shutdown this weekend, many employers are wondering how a shuttering of U.S. government agencies for budgetary reasons could impact or delay their U.S. immigration processing,...more

Federal Government Shutdown Would Affect Some Immigration Processing

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 9/29/2023

With Congress deadlocked on passing needed budget legislation, it is looking increasingly likely that there will be a federal government shutdown at midnight on September 30, 2023. The shutdown will affect some federal...more

Looming U.S. Government Shutdown Directly Impacts Employers Hiring and Retaining Foreign Workers Through H-1B, H-2A/H-2B and/or...

UB Greensfelder LLP on 9/28/2023

Following reports of competing bills in the House and Senate, the U.S. government is potentially headed for a shutdown, which would begin on October 1, 2023, the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year. This would directly affect...more

How a Partial Government Shutdown Would Impact Employers and Business Immigration Services

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 9/28/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - With a partial government shutdown still potentially imminent, here is an overview of the potential impacts on employers and business immigration services....more

Potential Government Shutdown: Immigration Consequences for Employers and their Foreign Employees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/27/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: If Congress cannot resolve funding issues by 11:59 pm EST on September 30, 2023, resulting in a federal government shutdown, it will have a ripple effect on employers, both large and small, with an impact...more

What Happens to the Immigration Agencies When the Government Shuts Down? - September 2023

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/20/2023

By September 30, 2023, Congress will again have to fund the government. Despite ongoing efforts by the administration and Congress, indications are that a shutdown may occur at the beginning of the fiscal year, on October 1....more

Immigration Updates in Response to COVID-19

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 3/30/2020

In response to the significant challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) have recently implemented temporary operational changes and...more

January 2019 Special Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/25/2019

Partial Federal Government Shutdown and How It Applies to an Immigration Workforce - On December 22, 2018, the United States government began its shutdown based on the inability of the Executive Office and Congress to...more

How Does the Government Shutdown Affect Immigration?

UB Greensfelder LLP on 1/8/2019

The federal government entered a partial shutdown on December 22, 2018. With no end in sight as the shutdown enters its third week, many are wondering how the shutdown will affect immigration matters. To provide some insight...more

What To Expect in the Event of a Government Shutdown: An Immigration Perspective

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/24/2018

There may be a partial government shutdown if Congress cannot come to an agreement on a spending bill before midnight on December 21, 2018. Without an agreement, roughly 25 percent of funding for the federal government will...more

Government Shutdown: What Would the Impact Be on Immigration Filings?

Morgan Lewis on 12/22/2018

Most operations across US immigration agencies are either fee based or considered “essential” and therefore would be expected to proceed normally if the government were to shut down on December 22....more

How a Government Shutdown Will Affect Immigration

Baker Donelson on 12/13/2018

Possibilities are brewing for a partial U.S. Government shutdown starting December 22 over the issue of funding "The Wall" after a very public contentious White House meeting yesterday. What is the potential immigration...more

How a Federal Government Shutdown Affects U.S. Employment-Based Immigration

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/24/2018

After a brief federal government shutdown over the weekend, the Senate and the House voted on January 22, 2018, on a temporary spending bill that will fund the government until February 8, 2018. The President signed the bill...more

Implications of a Government Shutdown

Clark Hill PLC on 1/23/2018

On January 20, 2018, the US Government formally shutdown pending approval of a federal spending bill by Congress. Though it appears Congress is working towards passage of a stop gap spending bill, in the interim, the shutdown...more

The U.S. Government is Shut Down but Most Immigration Agencies are Operating

Clark Hill PLC on 1/23/2018

As the U.S. Government shutdown begins, many are left wondering about how such a shutdown may impact immigration-related agencies. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is impacted the most. Typically, if a U.S. government...more

Government Shutdown Is Over, For Now

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/23/2018

Congress reached agreement and voted to end the government shutdown at least until February 8, 2018. In case another impasse occurs, this is how a federal government shutdown would affect immigration....more

Immigration Implications of a Government Shutdown

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/22/2018

With the threat of a federal government shutdown distinctly on the horizon, it is important to consider the implications this may have on the immigration process. As our readers know, there are many federal agencies involved...more

The Government Shutdown's Impact on Immigration

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/22/2018

On January 20, 2018, the federal government entered into a partial shutdown following Congress’s failure to reach an agreement to continue funding the federal government. Certain federal agencies that rely solely on...more

Impact of Government Shutdown on Immigration Matters

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/22/2018

Here is what we know so far about how this past weekend’s federal government “shutdown” will affect immigration adjudications and other related matters. As U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operations are...more

What If The Government Shuts Down tonight?(1/19/2018): Impact On Immigration Services

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/22/2018

Congressional negotiations on a federal spending bill remain very active. To avoid a federal government shutdown, a decision or a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels must be reached...more

Imminent Government Shutdown?

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 1/18/2018

Congress must pass stopgap legislation to avert a shutdown of the federal government by Friday, January 19th at midnight. The bill, if passed, would fund the government through February 16, 2018, setting up another potential...more

Possible Government Shutdown: Immigration Consequences For Employers And Their Foreign National Employees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/1/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: If Congress cannot resolve FY2018 funding issues by December 8, 2017, resulting in a federal government shutdown, it will have a ripple effect on employers, both large and small, with an impact on several...more

Another Potential Federal Government Shutdown: Consequences for Immigration Application Processing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/23/2015

Congress is currently at a budget standoff that threatens to shut down the federal government for the second time in two years, effective September 30, 2015 at midnight, the start of the new fiscal year. As with the last...more

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