Headlines: GAO Says Appointments of Wolf and Cuccinelli to Acting DHS Leadership Roles Were Invalid – GAO concluded that the appointments of Chad Wolf (as DHS Acting Secretary) and Kenneth Cuccinelli (as Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary) were invalid. USCIS Suddenly Begins Selecting New H-1B Lottery Winners – According to reports, USCIS […]
Headlines: Executive Order Heightens Scrutiny of Contractors Employing Foreign Workers – The order instructs the Secretaries of Labor and Homeland Security to take action to protect U.S. workers from “any adverse effects on wages and working conditions caused by the employment of H-1B visa holders at job sites (including third-party job sites),” among other things. […]
Headlines: DHS to Raise Fees Significantly for Many Immigration Benefits – DHS announced a final rule, to be published on August 3, 2020, and take effect 60 days later, that will increase significantly many immigration and naturalization fees charged by USCIS, and reduce some others. It also removes certain fee exemptions; changes fee waiver requirements; […]
Headlines: SEVP Issues ‘Clarifying’ Q&A for Foreign Students re Online-Only Coursework Visa Ban – SEVP released new guidance on the Trump administration’s shifting policy on foreign students taking online coursework in the fall. USCIS Postpones Staff Furloughs After ‘Surplus’ Memo Surfaces – USCIS announced that planned furloughs of more than 13,000 of its employees have […]
Headlines: Trump Administration Agrees to Rescind New Foreign Student Online-Only Ban – The Trump administration agreed to rescind its new policy to bar nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students taking only online classes for the fall 2020 semester from entering into or remaining in the United States. State Dept. Lists Exceptions Under Recent Presidential Proclamations Suspending […]
Headlines: SEVP Says F-1 and M-1 Students Attending Schools Entirely Online Due to Pandemic Must Not Enter or Remain in United States – In a move that stunned, dismayed, and confused international students studying in the United States, U.S. institutions of higher education, and others, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program announced that nonimmigrant F-1 […]
Headlines: Trump Amends Proclamation to Suspend Entry of Nonimmigrant Workers, With Exceptions; USCIS Issues Statement – On June 29, 2020, President Trump issued an amendment to his Presidential Proclamation issued June 22, 2020. USCIS Updates Fee Payment System Used in Field Offices – Effective immediately, a long list of field offices will only accept payments […]
On June 29, 2020, President Trump issued an amendment to Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak). The amendment changes Section 3(a)(ii) to read as follows: “(ii) does […]
Headlines: Trump Issues Proclamation to Suspend Entry of Nonimmigrant Workers, With Exceptions – A Presidential Proclamation issued June 22, 2020, extends an order to limit the entry of many immigrants that was issued in April, and amends it to include nonimmigrant workers, with exceptions. State Dept., USCIS Issue Statements on Proclamations Suspending Entry of Immigrants […]
On June 22, 2020, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation further restricting immigration into the United States. The new proclamation is an extension of the previous proclamation issued on April 22, 2020 that suspends certain green card applications and limits highly skilled workers and several nonimmigrant visa categories. When Does the Proclamation Go into […]
