The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) introduced CBP One, a mobile app, in 2020 to expedite the asylum process for those seeking entry into the United States. The app allows asylum seekers to electronically submit initial claims, eliminating the need for...
President Joe Biden urged U.S. lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration reforms in his State of the Union address on February 7th - including moves that would see new paths opened up for citizenship for both undocumented migrants, and those who have valid visas....
The U.S Deportment of State has launched the ‘Welcome Corps’ program which sees private individuals and organisations being able to sponsor refugees wanting to live in the United States. The scheme allows groups of 5 or more individuals to provide a minimum of $2,275...
Proposals announced this month could see Green Card fees rise by more than double - going from $1,760 up to $3,500. The cost rises would apply to those applying for adjustment of status from within the United States. The long-awaited announcement also saw a proposed...
The DHS has announced a new, safe and lawful route for eligible Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans to live in the U.S. Individuals travelling into the country by air via this new process may also apply for work authrorization. The DHS also announced that there will no...
Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, has announced that the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia has been extended for a further 18 months from March 18 2023 through September 17 2024. The predesignation also means that Somali...
Google has become the latest big tech company to announce layoffs, a trend that has been building across the industry in recent months - adding yet another worry to those on employment-based visas. Tech companies, many of whom rely on foreign talent from countries...
On November 2, 2020, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an order vacating the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “public charge” rule on a nationwide basis. This means that the U.S. Citizenship and...
Parents from other countries are often willing to make great sacrifices to give their children a better future. That may include allowing them to study in the U.S. education system. Yet, if their route to the U.S. was not entirely legal, the kid’s school could end up...
This glossary of over 600 terms of Immigration Slang is inspired by our Attorney Allison Chan’s law school classmate Gary Muldoon, who co-authored “Criminal Law Slanguage of New York”. 1st Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal...
