Month: February 2022

The ‘America Competes Act, 2022’ has been passed by the US House of Representatives and aims to boost manufacturing, streamline supply chains, and also contains a number of proposed immigration reforms. It creates a new ‘W’ class visa (non-immigrant) for foreign entrepreneurs and their families, as well as ‘essential workers’ in their enterprises. The visa also makes provisions to allow…

On Wed February 9th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur M. Jaddou announced the agency’s new mission statement. Last year, USCIS leadership empowered employees to submit words that they felt best illustrated the agency’s work. The new mission statement is a reflection of this feedback from the workforce, the priorities of the Biden Administration, and Director Jaddou’s vision for an inclusive and accessible agency. “USCIS upholds America’s promise as a nation of…