Effective immediately, all travelers two years of age or older who are flying into the United States will need to present a negative Covid test (or documentation of recent recovery from Covid) taken no more than 1...
Dec 03, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
Biden Administration Restricts Travel from Southern Africa Due to New COVID-19 Variant
After the new Omicron variant was detected in South Africa and other countries last week, President Biden announced that the US will restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini,...
Nov 08, 2021
KM&M News
Ray McGuire Honored for His Role as Managing Director of the Contractor’s Association of Greater New York, Inc. in 2021
BTEA Celebrates the Achievements of the Construction Industry and Leaders like Kauff McGuire & Margolis Partner Ray McGuire for Their Leadership in Transforming the Industry in 2021 Kauff McGuire &...
The Biden Administration has released new guidelines regarding the lifting of the travel bans for international travelers. Beginning on November 8, noncitizen nonimmigrant air travelers will need to show proof that they...
Oct 15, 2021
Immigration Law
US To Lift Travel Bans On November 8th
The Biden administration announced this morning that the country-specific travel bans that have been in place since 2020 will be lifted on November 8, 2021. International air travelers from previously designated countries...
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...
Oct 06, 2021
COVID-19 Guidance
Undue Hardship: An Employer Response to Requests for Religious Accommodation To Avoid Mandatory Vaccination – New York Law Journal
In the religious accommodation context an employer need only show that the accommodation would require it to incur more than a “de minimis cost.” This limited standard may allow many employers to holistically challenge...
Sep 20, 2021
Immigration Law
US to Lift International Travel Bans for Vaccinated Travelers in November
The Biden administration has announced that it will lift international travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers starting in early November. At that time, the country-specific travel bans for all 26 Schengen...
Justices from both the conservative and liberal wings of the Roberts Court1 emphatically reject the suggestion that they act as outcome-oriented political actors rather than neutral arbiters of the rule of law. Read more...
The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, effective October 1, 2021, all green card applicants will be required to provide proof that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19, and that they...