After years of outreach to USCIS, a major settlement (Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas, 11/10/21) has forced the agency to update its policy to provide that certain H-4, E, or L-2 dependent spouses will qualify for an automatic...more
On Thursday, October 8, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that revised the definition of the term “specialty occupation” and placed additional restrictions on...more
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U.S. agencies are rapidly adapting immigration policy to respond to shifting developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Our immigration lawyers provide information on the unprecedented range of revised policies.
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On May 29, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation to block certain Chinese nationals associated with entities in China that implement or support China’s “military-civil fusion strategy”1 from entering the United...more
On April 22, 2020, President Trump signed a proclamation temporarily suspending the immigration of certain immigrants who present a “risk” to the U.S. labor market during the COVID-19 outbreak. In sum and substance, the edict...more