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
Azumah v. USCIS - Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker joined. Judge Richardson wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in...
Sarah Jarvis, Law360, May 10, 2022
"A 2018 U.S. Customs and Border Protection document recently disclosed amid a lawsuit filed by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP [Davis Wright Tremaine LLP v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, case number 2:19-cv-00334, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington] indicates that foreign nationals working in legal cannabis industries aren't inadmissible to the U.S., despite statements to the contrary from CBP officials. The law firm said Monday that an internal information guide handed over by CBP concerning the legalization of marijuana in Canada acknowledges that foreign nationals working in legal foreign cannabis industries aren't necessarily inadmissible and shouldn't receive a lifetime ban for attempting entry into the United States if their visit is unrelated to cannabis operations."