Great News for Arts groups coming to perform in the US. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) issued a binding precedent decision addressing the term “culturally unique” and its significance in the adjudication of P petitions for performing artists and entertainers. The P visa was created…
In an effort to keep more and more students with science and technology backgrounds in the U.S., DHS has added more science, technology, engineering, and math designated degree programs to the list of qualifying student visa extensions. The recently added STEM designated-degree programs include pharmaceutical sciences, econometrics and quantitative economics.…
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) aims to have his alternative to the DREAM Act proposal on paper in the next few weeks and passed by the end of the summer. “Our goal is to pass something this summer in time for kids who plan to go to school this fall,” Rubio…
Another attestation to our flawed immigration system, this time the end of a great visa program that was abused to the point of disgrace. The J-1 Summer Work and Travel program, which allows college students to visit for up to four months, is one of the State Department’s most popular…
Filing for a Green Card after arriving to the US on a Fiance Visa is a very confusing topic for many Immigrants. Once the fiancé(e) has entered the United States he/she must get married within 90 days of the fiancé(e)’s arrival in the United States. Once the marriage takes place…
We really enjoy seeing cases where individuals who have done everything right are able to succeed in being granted their citizenship. In Naturalization cases, it can be difficult to get an approval if the government decides to fight even one minor part of the record. This recent decision by a…
To qualify for a national interest waiver (NIW) pursuant to INA §203(b)(2)(B)(ii), a physician must commit to working for a total of five years as a full-time clinical physician either at a facility operated by the Veteran’s Administration or in an HHS-designated Medically Underserved Area (MUA)/Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).…
Recently USCIS provided EB-5 statistics provided for a stakeholder engagement meetig, including information on service-wide receipts, approvals, and denials of I-526s and I-829s; the number of approved EB5 Regional Centers by fiscal year. The statistics reveal an increase across the board in all EB-5 related filings including I-924 applications for…
Fewer undocumented immigrants stopped for traffic violations will face deportation, under newly unveiled changes to a prominent immigration enforcement program. Known as Secure Communities, the program compels state and local law enforcement officers to enter the fingerprints of anyone they detain into a federal database. Federal immigration officials can cross-reference…
On February 22, 2012, USCIS held an Information Summit on its recently instituted Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative. This past week, USCIS released an Executive Summary on the Information Summit. Several principle themes were addressed at the summit, which the EIR Tactical team will work on addressing in the months…