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Baker Donelson

USCIS Reminders: Increased Filing Fees, Additional Asylum Program Fee, and Extended Premium Processing Times

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USCIS published a final rule (the Final Rule) on January 31, 2024, increasing certain filing fees that went into effect on April 1, 2024....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

USCIS filing fees increase substantially effective April 1

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a new fee rule that imposes significant increases, particularly for employment-based petitions. The rule, and the higher fees, will apply to any benefit request...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen O'Connor Immigration Catch Up: September 2023

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September 2023 saw major changes and updates in the United States and around the world. The Cozen O’Connor Immigration Catch-Up this month highlights these changes and provides the details you need to determine how or if...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

U.S. Visas for Ukrainians and Russians: Navigating the Maze

When the Russian army entered Ukraine on February 24, 2022, that set in motion panic for family and friends in the U.S. and the need to quickly explore visa options for their loved ones in the Ukraine, Russia, and neighboring...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Visas and Immigration in 2021 Under the Biden Administration - Update

The Biden Administration took office on January 20, 2021. Many executive orders have been executed since that date, some of which directly change the manner of handling immigration matters. However, the U.S. and the world...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Immigration Law Trends in 2021: Change is The Order of the Day - March 25th, 4:00 pm ET

The landscape in immigration is changing. Learn how these changes will impact your legal role in 2021. The current administration is and will continue to be enacting sweeping changes to the U.S. Immigration System. After...more

Fisher Phillips

Immigration Day In D.C.: New Executive Orders And Homeland Security Chief Herald Changing Times For Employers

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In the span of a single day earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed three Executive Orders on immigration while the Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security – actions that will eventually...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Announces Plan for Immigration Reform

• On May 16, 2019, President Trump announced broad parameters of an immigration plan to address border security, interior enforcement, asylum policy, modernization of ports of entry and the current immigrant visa or “green...more

Mintz

Termination of TPS for El Salvador

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On January 8, 2018, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador. TPS provides a temporary legal basis to remain...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Illegal or Fraudulent Entry Into the U.S. and its Effect on Asylum

Those seeking to escape immediate danger or imminent persecution often rely on false documents when fleeing to a safe country. But can a fraudulent or illegal entry into the U.S. pose an issue for asylum?...more

Cozen O'Connor

Seventh Circuit Says No Asylum for Bisexual Man; Posner Dissents

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Last week, the Seventh Circuit declined to review the asylum application of a bisexual individual who applied for fear of persecution. Ray Fuller, 51, told an immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals that he...more

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