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The Department of State (DOS) announced this week that National Interest Exceptions (NIEs, or travel ban waivers) are now valid for 12 months from the date of issuance, and can be used for multiple entries, as long as the...

  Certain Employment Authorization Cards to be Issued with a Two-Year Validity Period The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will extend the validity period of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for...

In response to an alarming spike in Covid cases, the Biden Administration announced a new country-wide travel ban for India beginning on Tuesday, May 4th. The ban is patterned after existing travel restrictions currently in...

The Biden administration has allowed Presidential Proclamation 10052 (the visa ban enacted last June to prevent the issuance of certain working visas) to expire on March 31, 2021. The ban had suspended the issuance of certain...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed this year’s initial H-1B lottery. Applicants who were selected in the lottery have been notified. The application period will run from April 1, 2021 to June...

The registration period for this year’s H-1B lottery is now open and will run through 12:00 noon EST on March 25, 2021. If you are interested in applying for this year’s lottery and have not already done so, please...

On February 24, 2021, President Biden revoked a Trump-era Presidential Proclamation that had banned the issuance of most new immigrant visas at US consulates abroad. The revoked proclamation was originally issued in April...

As a reminder to potential H-1B sponsors, this year’s H-1B registration process will run from noon EST on Tuesday, March 9 to noon EST on Thursday, March 25. Petitioners will need to create a myUSCIS online account to...

Earlier today the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the registration period for this year’s H-1B visa lottery will open on March 9th and run through March 25th. Like last year,...

On January 20, 2021, his first day in office, President Biden issued five immigration-related executive orders and sent a sweeping immigration reform bill to Congress. Among other things, the executive orders will reverse the...