USCIS, July 16, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the new provisions added to the Immigration and Nationality...
DOS, July 15, 2024 " On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently process employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Jessica Paszko, July 13, 2024 "Portability under Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows certain employment-based green card applicants to change jobs...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/12/2024 "The Department of State (the Department) publishes a final rule revising the Code of Federal Regulations to amend...
Visa Bulletin for August 2024
Tulung v. Garland
"[I]n reviewing the motion to reopen, the BIA discarded evidence -- without considering its merits -- on legally unjustifiable bases. The BIA retains wide latitude to weigh such evidence but may not ignore it based on legal error. Resultingly, we grant in part the petition for review, vacate the denial of the motion to reopen, and remand for further proceedings."
[Hats off to William A. Hahn! Audio of the oral argument is here.]