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A new executive order escalates Trump’s attack on H-1B visas for foreign workers
If you are planning to file immigration case its better to to it rather soon. Beginning October of this year the immigration filing fee will significantly increase
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USCIS Fee Hikes Will Go Into Effect for These Applications
New developments on the ban affecting employment based non-immigrant visas.
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Ban on Employment-Based Visas | Law Office of Svetlana Kats
Excellent news for foreign students!
THEHILL.COM
Trump administration rescinds foreign students rule
President Trump issued a proclamation continuing Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020, and suspending and limiting the entry of any individual seeking entry pursuant to any of the following nonimmigrant visas:
(a) an H-1B or H-2B visa, and any individual accompanying or following to join such individual;
(b) a J visa, to the extent the individual is participating in an intern, trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, or summer work travel program, and any individual accompanying or following to join such individual; and
(c) an L visa, and any individual accompanying or following to join such individual.
The proclamation shall apply only to any individual who:
(i) is outside the United States on the effective date of this proclamation;
(ii) does not have a non immigrant visa that is valid on the effective date of this proclamation; and
(iii) does not have an official travel document other than a visa (such as a transportation letter, an appropriate boarding foil, or an advance parole document) that is valid on the effective date of this proclamation or issued on any date thereafter that permits him or her to travel to the United States and seek entry or admission.
The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 2 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any individual who is the spouse or child, as defined in section 101(b)(1) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)), of a United States citizen;
(iii) any individual seeking to enter the United States to provide temporary labor or services essential to the United States food supply chain; and
(iv) any individual whose entry would be in the national interest as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees.
The proclamation is effective immediately, and shall expire on December 31, 2020, and may be continued.
WHITEHOUSE.GOV
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak | The White House
Today, there was some good news out of the Supreme Court.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court found that the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative was unlawful.
The Court’s decision means that hundreds of thousands of young people in the United States will temporarily keep work authorization and protection from deportation. The Court emphasized that the Trump administration can still end DACA—but it must go through the right process to do so.
AMERICANIMMIGRATIONCOUNCIL.ORG
The Dream Act, DACA, and Other Policies Designed to Protect Dreamers
The Trump administration may soon announce more immigration restrictions—this time on employment-based visas.
But how does the employment-based immigration system work? This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council makes it easy to understand and explain.
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Employment-Based Visa Categories in the United States
