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U.S. Lifting Land Border Restrictions for Vaccinated Travelers in November
October 15th, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security recently announced that starting in November it will allow non-essential travelers who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and have appropriate documentation to enter the United States at land and ferry ports o…
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USCIS Extends Existing COVID-19 Leniency for Responding to Agency Requests
October 6th, 2021
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is extending its 60-day deadline extension for responding to or filing Requests for Evidence (RFEs), Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs), Notices of Intent to Revoke or Rescind (NOIRs), Notices of Intent to T…
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DHS Extends TPS for Several Countries
September 10th, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced yesterday that it will extend Temporary Protected Status designations for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan through December 31, 2022. This extension includes an…
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USCIS Selects More H-1B Registrations for FY 2022 H-1B Cap
July 30th, 2021
USCIS has completed a second round of H-1B lottery selections this week. The second “lottery” was conducted because the initial H-1B lottery selection did not result in enough petition filings to meet the H-1B cap, despite USCIS receiving…
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USCIS Continues Processing of DACA Renewals In Light of Recent Injunction
July 20th, 2021
A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against the DACA program and ordered that new and pending initial DACA applications may no longer be processed by the Department of Homeland Security. The judge determined that, in establishing the pr…
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H-1B Lottery Registration Begins March 9th for the 2022 H-1B Cap Registration Period
February 9th, 2021
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the H-1B lottery will be moving forward under the same procedures established during last year’s H-1B lottery. The FY 2022 cap registration period will open at noon EST on March 9…
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TPS Extension Announced by USCIS
January 15th, 2021
USCIS has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for beneficiaries from of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal until at least October 2021. The extension is valid as long as an alien’s TPS is not withdrawn because of ind…
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CDC Imposes COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Incoming Travelers to the United States
January 14th, 2021
Beginning January 26, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will require international travelers to present a negative COVID-19 test (within three calendar days prior to departure) or documentation of COVID-19 recovery and clearance fo…
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Presidential Proclamations on Immigrant/Nonimmigrant Visa Ban Extended Through March 31, 2021
January 5th, 2021
President Trump has extended a travel ban for certain categories of immigrants and nonimmigrants to March 31, 2021. The purported basis for the extension of the ban is the Covid-19 pandemic. The original executive proclamation, issued in late June 20…
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Court Orders Department of Labor Must Reissue Prevailing Wage Determinations
December 17th, 2020
A federal district court has ruled that the Department of Labor did not have good cause to expedite a restructuring of the prevailing wage system for H-1B, E-3 and H-1B1 nonimmigrants and was in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act, making…
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