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As the holiday season approaches, KM&M would like to remind all foreign nationals that international travel will be particularly challenging this year as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, embassy closures, and limitations on the issuance of certain immigrant and nonimmigrant visas.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday that it would significantly raise the filing fee for expedited processing of eligible applications beginning on Monday, October 19, 2020.

Each year, the U.S. government makes available 55,000 permanent resident ("green card") visas to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S. (see below) who have at least a high school diploma or its equivalent, or two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience.

On October 7th the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) will publish two new rules with the intent to limit eligibility for H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 workers

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) proposed fee increase, which was scheduled to go into effect on Friday, October 2, 2020, has been temporarily suspended.

This week the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that employees who have not received their employment authorization cards (EAD), but who did receive their employment authorization approval notices may use the approval notice itself as proof of employment authorization for I-9 purposes.

Additional H-1B visa numbers are now available! As a result, USCIS has selected more cap-subject H-1B registrations from the recent FY2021 lottery.

The Department of State has clarified what constitutes a “national interest exception” in the context of the Trump Administration’s recent immigration bans.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced filing fee increases for most applications effective October 2, 2020. Certain application fees, as noted below, will increase dramatically.

Late today, the Trump administration rescinded its policy requiring F-1 and M-1 international students to take at least some of their classes in person during the Fall 2020 semester - or leave the country.

On July 6, 2020, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that F-1 and M-1 international students must attend classes in person beginning this fall, or else depart from the United States.

Less than a week after issuing an immigration ban restricting entry into the United States of certain H-1B, H-2B, J and L nonimmigrants, the Trump administration amended the order to further limit the entry of foreign nationals.

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has confirmed with Customs & Border Protection headquarters in Washington that Canadians are exempt from the executive order issued on June 22, 2020

Proclaiming to protect the US labor market, on Monday, June 22, 2020, President Trump signed a new executive order restricting entry into the United States

Immigration policy experts expect that a new Presidential Proclamation, aimed at further restricting the entry of nonimmigrants into the United States, will be issued imminently.

On May 24, 2020, President Trump issued a new Presidential Proclamation curtailing travel to the US from Brazil. Beginning tomorrow, May 27, 2020, the United States will not admit foreign nationals who were physically present in Brazil within the 14 days prior to their travel to the US.

On May 29, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the issuance of F (student) and J (exchange visitor) visas for certain Chinese applicants whom the US government believes may pass sensitive information to the Chinese military.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will resume premium processing in stages for certain petitions throughout the month of June.

After an almost 3-month suspension, USCIS announced that certain field offices and asylum offices will reopen to the public on Thursday, June 4, 2020.