by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | News
The following additional items may be of interest to our readers: Reminder: New Versions of Most Common Immigration Forms Now in Effect: Effective 2/21/17, USCIS will only accept forms dated 12/23/2016 (I-90, I-539, I-751, N-400, I-130, I-131) or 1/17/17 (I-140,...
by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | News
The Department of State announced that original or “wet ink” signatures are no longer required on Affidavits of Support submitted to the National Visa Center (NVC) in support of certain immigrant visa applications. Photocopies and scanned versions of these documents...
by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | News
Once again it is H-1B filing season, and, once again USCIS is likely to receive a record number of petitions and the full allocation of visa petitions in the first week of filing commencing April 1. Once the quota is reached, new H-1B visa requests will not be...
by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | News
In the waning days of President Obama’s term, the Administration rescinded certain policies unique to Cuban nationals. Specifically, DHS has eliminated a special parole policy for arriving Cuban nationals, commonly known as the “wet-foot/dry-foot” policy, as well as a...
by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | News
In late December, a precedent-setting case, Matter of Dhanasar, revised the analytical framework for assessing eligibility for national interest waivers (NIW) and presumably making NIWs more broadly available to foreign nationals who are pursuing endeavors that would...
