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
"Plaintiffs’ expert, Laura Lichter, an attorney practicing immigration law in Colorado with clients from Central and South America, testified the waiver form prepared by Said had a zero percent chance of success at the consulate as the officials had no discretion with respect to who could be a “qualifying relative.” She testified that both Klever and Nancy had other immigration options that would not have required them to leave the country. In addition, she testified Klever had an “excellent” chance of success and Nancy a fifty percent chance of success to obtain lawful residency. In her opinion, the $11,000 paid for Said’s work was a complete waste of money, and based on how Said filed the paperwork, the consulate could have investigated Klever and Nancy for fraud. ... We ... affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand this case for a trial only on the issues of mental distress and punitive damages." - Miranda v. Said, June 27, 2012.