The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) received reports on June 19, 2020 that a general agreement had been reached on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 on a proposed update to Presidential Proclamation 10014 (the existing travel restrictions, in effect since...
JSP applauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”), which ruled that the administration’s attempts to rescind the program were unlawful. The Court ruled not on the merits of the program, but whether the administration...
Presidential Proclamation: As noted in our blog post, the April 22, 2020 Presidential Proclamation regarding immigration affects only consular processing immigrant visa cases, with certain exceptions. Nonimmigrant visas and statuses are unaffected; PERM, I-140,...
June 9, 2020 update:
Regarding the possible extension of the April 22, 2020 Proclamation to include other high-tech visas or F-1 OPT, rumors are that a new travel and/or visa issuance ban for certain visa types (possibly new H-1Bs, L-1s, and J-1s) may be announced the week of June 15, and that other regulatory changes (which must go through Notice and Comment periods) may be announced in July. The situation is very fluid, nothing is confirmed, and we will post here if and when there are more details.
Updated May 29, 2020Presidential Proclamation: As noted in our blog post on April 22, the new Presidential Proclamation regarding immigration affects only consular processing immigrant visa cases, with certain exceptions. Nonimmigrant visas and statuses are...
On April 22, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation preventing entry to the U.S. by new immigrants by suspending the issuance of immigrant visas (green cards). This Proclamation does not suspend any existing visas or permanent residency applications...
Like many of you, we are waiting for information about the new/expanded ban that Trump tweeted about on Monday evening. The New York Times is reporting on Tuesday afternoon that it will involve a 60-day pause on permanent residency (green card) applications and that...
Updated April 21, 2020The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables eligible citizens or nationals of certain countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of up to 90 days without obtaining a physical visitor visa. Citizens and nationals of VWP...
May 11, 2020 Update: Please note, the Europe Travel Ban is in effect until terminated by the President.March 14, 2020 Update:On March 14, 2020, Vice President Pence announced that the U.K. and Ireland will be added to the Europe Travel Ban starting Monday, March 16,...
