News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt – February 1, 2017 As discussed in our post of January 30, 2017, an Executive Order signed by President Trump on January 27, 2017 bans immigrant and nonimmigrant entries into the United States, for at least 90 days, by...

News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt – January 30, 2017 As reported in our most recent post, an Executive Order signed by President Trump on Friday, January 27, 2017 bans immigrant and nonimmigrant entries into the United States, for at least 90 days, by...

News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt – January 28, 2017 An Executive Order signed by President Trump on Friday, January 27, 2017 bans immigrant and nonimmigrant entries into the United States, for at least 90 days, by nationals of seven countries -- Iraq,...

News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt – December 24, 2016 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ended the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) program effective yesterday, 12/23/2016. NSEERS was a registry created after 9/11 to...

News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt PC U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule that would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole – temporary permission to be in the United States – so that they...

Last week marked the launch of Entrepreneur Pathways, an online resource center that gives immigrant entrepreneurs a means to investigate opportunities to start and grow a business in the United States. Called a “new front door for immigrant entrepreneurs” by the White House, this new resource is part of the Entrepreneurs in Residence initiative, and was announced during a visit to MIT’s entrepreneurship center by Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC – August 2, 2011 Breaking news: The Wall Street Journal reports today that Washington will provide immigration benefits to foreign entrepreneurs in its quest to increase job growth in the United States. The WSJ article can...

As of April 28, 2011, all countries that were designated as part of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) have been relieved of compliance and removed from the NSEERS list.  Accordingly, nationals and citizens of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are no longer subject to the NSEERS registration requirements.

News Release from Jewell & Associates - December 4, 2003 In an interim rule effective December 2, 2003, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has suspended the 30-day and annual re-registration requirements of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration...