FEATURE ARTICLE ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AUTHORIZATIONS: AN OVERVIEW –This article provides an update on electronic travel authorizations in several countries. COUNTRY UPDATES Italy – A new law introduces significant changes to eligibility criteria for Italian citizenship by descent. UNITED KINGDOM – The Home Office has released a comprehensive white paper outlining major proposed immigration reforms. Details: […]
Headlines: DOS Resumes Visa Processing for Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors, Announces Enhanced Social Media Vetting – The Department of State resumed visa processing for new and returning students and exchange visitors (F, M, and J nonimmigrants) but announced enhanced social media and online presence screening and vetting procedures. Consular posts may resume processing of […]
Headlines: Trump Issues Travel Ban on 12 Countries and Partial Ban on 7 Countries, With Exceptions –President Trump issued a proclamation, “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” The proclamation includes a country-by-country list of restrictions and exceptions. Federal Judge […]
Headlines: Trump v. Foreign Students, Continued: DOS Suspends All Student/Exchange Visitor Visa Applications While Considering Expansion of Social Media Vetting, Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Certain Chinese Students – In the most recent of a continuing series of actions taken against international students seeking to pursue an education in the United States, the Trump administration […]
Headlines: Trump Administration Versus Foreign Students: An Update – The Trump administration ordered the termination of Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, announced a ban on all foreign student visas for study there, and ordered foreign students currently studying at Harvard to transfer or lose their right to study in the United States. A […]
Headlines: Supreme Court Keeps Block on Trump Administration’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans, Sends Case Back to Fifth Circuit – The U.S. Supreme Court sent a case back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to determine whether the Trump administration can summarily deport a group of Venezuelan detainees […]
Headlines: First 100 Days: USCIS Touts Its Record on ‘Making America Safe Again’ – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services touted the agency’s record on “aggressively working to ensure America’s national security by addressing vulnerabilities in immigration policies, reducing exploitation of humanitarian parole programs, and assisting enforcement agencies in identifying and removing illegal aliens.” DHS Extends […]
Headlines: SEVIS Record Reactivations Not Retroactive; Uncertainty Remains – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reinstated many Student and Exchange Visitor Information System records as of April 24, 2025—not retroactively to the date of termination of the records, thus leaving a gap that could be construed as rendering the students out of status during that time, […]
Headlines: DHS Reverses Course, Restores Student SEVIS Records—But Future Remains Uncertain – Following numerous lawsuits and court orders, DHS suddenly restored many foreign students’ SEVIS records that it had abruptly deleted, but uncertainty remained. Cap Reached for Additional H-2B Returning Workers for Early Second Half of FY 2025 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has […]
Headlines: CHNV Litigation Update: USCIS Parole Terminations Stayed – Pursuant to a court order, parole termination notices sent to people in the United States from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela “are stayed and therefore not currently in effect. No new requests for CHNV parole will be processed.” Temporary Restraining Order Granted in Case Challenging Terminations […]
