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Womble Bond Dickinson

What Is President Biden’s Affirmative Relief Announcement?

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On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced new pathways to legal immigration status for two groups: college-educated “Dreamers” and certain American family units....more

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Two Executive Actions by Biden Administration Seek to Provide Relief to Immigrant Families and Job-Seeking Dreamers

Yesterday, the Biden Administration announced a new immigration program in the United States aimed at promoting family unity. The program will allow some undocumented spouses and undocumented children of U.S. citizens to...more

Morgan Lewis

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Policy Changes to Assist Foreign Nationals in STEM Fields

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In an effort to attract global talent to strengthen the economy, the Biden-Harris administration recently announced several immigration policy expansions geared towards students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and...more

Jackson Walker

US Tightens Restrictions for International Travelers as Omicron Spreads

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This article, originally published on November 11, 2021, has been revised. On Thursday, December 2, the Biden administration tightened entry requirements for air travelers to the United States following the global spread...more

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Biden Administration Lifts Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Individuals

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On October 25, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a proclamation ending various travel bans that restricted the entry of nonimmigrants into the U.S. who within 14 days prior to seeking entry into the U.S. had been in...more

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CDC Lifts Certain Region-Based Restrictions for Flights to the US

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As of Monday, November 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its requirements for air travelers to the United States. CDC’s new travel policy follows President Biden’s proclamation intended to...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

President Biden Lifts Country-Specific Travel Bans on Nov. 8, 2021, and Implements COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements...

President Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation that lifted the country-specific travel bans on international visitors to the United States from Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Area, South Africa and the...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

New COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Protocols Effective November 8th; Prior Travel Restrictions/NIE Regime Has Been Rescinded

Effective November 8, 2021, the U.S. government has rescinded the much bemoaned geography-based travel restrictions and National Interest Exception (NIE) regime that was implemented through a series of Presidential...more

Cozen O'Connor

UPDATE: President Biden Lifts COVID-19 Travel Ban

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President Biden has announced that the current COVID-19 travel bans impacting visitors to the United States will end on Monday, November 8, 2021. This current presidential proclamation will eliminate the travel restrictions...more

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Country-Specific International Travel Restrictions Will Be Rescinded November 8, 2021

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Beginning November 8, 2021, international travelers subject to CDC country-specific travel restrictions will be able to resume travel to the U.S. without applying for an exemption. The current travel restrictions apply to...more

Burr & Forman

Vaccine-based U.S. Entry Restrictions to Replace Geographic COVID Travel Bans Starting November 8

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On October 25, 2021, President Biden announced plans to revoke the current country-by-country travel restrictions to the United States which have been in place since January 2020....more

Cozen O'Connor

President Biden Lifts COVID-19 Travel Ban

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President Biden has announced that the current COVID-19 travel bans impacting visitors to the United States will end on Monday, November 8, 2021. This current presidential proclamation will eliminate the travel restrictions...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Travel Bans Rescinded, Replaced With Vaccine Requirement

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The long awaited Presidential Proclamation rescinding the current COVID-19 travel bans was issued on October 25, 2021. The proclamation becomes effective on November 8, 2021 at 12:01 am EST and replaces the existing bans with...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Government Replaces Country-Specific Travel Bans With Overarching Vaccination Requirement

The Biden administration announced this week that, beginning November 8, noncitizen, nonimmigrants traveling to the United States by air must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 except in limited circumstances. The...more

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White House Permits Air Travel Into the United States for Fully Vaccinated Nonimmigrant Travelers, Beginning November 8, 2021

On October 25, 2021, the White House issued a presidential proclamation revoking the following proclamations with country-specific COVID-19 travel restrictions: Proclamation 9984 (China); Proclamation 9992 (Iran);...more

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Delays Persist at U.S. Consulates Worldwide, Even in Wake of Biden Administration’s Lifting of Various Visa Suspensions

On March 31, 2021, the Trump administration’s Proclamation 10052, which had suspended the entry of certain H-1B, H-2B, J, and L nonimmigrant visa holders and their dependents to the United States, expired. In addition, on...more

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President Biden Expected to Impose Travel Restrictions on India

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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden is expected to impose travel restrictions on India starting Tuesday, May 4, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States. These restrictions come on...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Biden Administration Issues Travel Ban for India

On April 30, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a proclamation imposing restrictions on the admission of travelers from India. The ban will take effect at 12:01 am eastern daylight time on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Impacted...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

USCIS Reinstates ‘Prior Deference’ Policy in Adjudicating Extensions of Visa Matters Involving Same Parties and Facts

On April 27, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated policy guidance “instructing officers to give deference to prior determinations when adjudicating extension requests involving the same...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

H, L, and J Visa Ban Expires

It has been widely reported that President Biden will not renew the June 2020 Presidential Proclamation, which restricted the entry of H-1B, H-2B, L-1, and certain J-1 travelers into the United States. This nonimmigrant visa...more

Morgan Lewis

Presidential Proclamation 10052 Expires

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The Biden-Harris administration has allowed Presidential Proclamation 10052 (PP 10052) to expire as of March 31. PP 10052, implemented by the previous administration in June 2020, had suspended the issuance of certain...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

The 2019 Public Charge Rule Is Removed by DHS

On March 9, 2021 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will no longer enforce the Public Charge rule that originally took effect on February 24, 2020. Based on a number of recent U.S. Court of Appeals...more

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DOL Proposes Further Delays to New OES Wage Rule

On March 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed delaying the implementation of its final rule entitled “Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United...more

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Biden’s Proposed Legislation Is Next Step Along Immigration Reform Path

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President Biden promised sweeping changes to U.S. immigration law should he be elected president. In accordance with these campaign promises, Democratic lawmakers have just introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by the...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Travel Alert – Update on U.S. Travel Bans

As the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions continue, we continue to advise caution regarding international travel. Everyone considering international travel is urged to carefully consider the risks and be fully aware...more

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