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Visa Bulletin For December 2024
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS FOR PREFERENCE IMMIGRANT VISAS This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during December for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble...
Termination Iranian E-1 and E-2 Solution: Turkey or Grenada Passport
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will announced on Jan 22, 2020 that nationals of Iran and their dependents are no longer eligible to change to or extend their stay in E-1 or E-2 nonimmigrant status. See:...
International Students will Save the World
Universities are centers for an open exchange of ideas. And where can the free flow of scientific and cultural knowledge be more important than between young people from around the world? International students learning in America, and U.S. students studying abroad...
Attorney Jakob Lipman Certified as Immigration Law Specialist by California Bar
Visawolf is happy to congratulate our partner Jake Lipman on receiving certification from the California State Bar as a specialist in immigration law. Board-certified legal specialists have: demonstrated their competence by participating in over 150 cases in varied...
Mr. Trump: HERE Is Your Border Wall
How to Fix the Border: A Proposal for Immigration Executive Order #1, to Secure the US-Mexico Border A President (perhaps Donald Trump in 2016) can flex his presidential power issuing Executive Orders regarding immigration. I propose the most urgent presidential...
News: USCIS Restores Premium H-1B Processing
We have good news to report! USCIS has restored premium processing for H-1B holders requesting an extensions. Previously, USCIS froze premium processing due to an influx of new H-4 work authorization petitions caused by a recent policy change. The suspension started...
Mr. Trump: EB-5 Foreign Investment Visas are Working for America
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been in hot water this summer for disparaging comments about American immigrants. His low esteem of immigrants goes back years, and casts aspersions on legal immigration as well. "They come with the best of intentions. But legal...
July 4th Celebrates Independence and Immigration
In 1776, our founding fathers decided they would no longer be British subjects. Regardless of their roots in Holland, England, or Africa, every colonist became an American. The Fourth of July celebrates that monumental moment when a new nation was announced to the...
Immigration Reform by Executive Order: Build the Border Wall
How to Fix the Border: A Proposal for Immigration Executive Order #1, to Secure the US-Mexico Border President Obama can flex his presidential power issuing Executive Orders regarding immigration. I propose the most urgent presidential mandate should be to build a...
Renew Your Deferred Action (DACA) Status
Earlier this month USCIS published rules for the renewal of enrollment in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As of April 2014, over 500,000 individuals have already benefited from the DACA program. Individuals may request DACA renewal if they...