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Starting December 1, 2021, citizens of Croatia are eligible to participate in the Visa Waiver program. The program permits citizens of 40 countries including Croatia to enter the U.S. as visitors for business or pleasure for up to 90 days without first obtaining a U.S. visa. To qualify, each eligible applicant from a Visa Waiver …
All persons who are applying for lawful permanent resident status whether as adjustment applicants in the U.S. or as immigrant visa applicants abroad, will need to document the receipt of a complete COVID-19 regime, effective October 1, 2021. Waivers are available for applicants who lack access to vaccines in the home country or are medically …
A federal judge ruled that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) should have sent a Request for Evidence (RFE) to an Indian executive beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant visa petition, in addition to the petitioning employer. The case involves a federal statute that allows a foreign national to switch jobs while their adjustment application remains pending. The …
In a stunning Order, a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction restraining the Administration from enforcing key sections of its January 20, 2021 Memorandum entitled “Interim Civil Enforcement Guidelines”. The case is styled “The State of Texas and the State of Louisiana v. The United States of …
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on May 27, 2021, issued its interim guidance on civil immigration enforcement priorities, giving prosecutors more discretion to decide which immigration cases to pursue. Attorneys of the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) are responsible for initiating removal proceedings against a person based on the factors outlined in the …
The Office of the USCIS Ombudsman issued its 2021 Annual Report for calendar year 2020. In it, the Ombudsman’s office has identified many operations issues including those faced by foreign nationals who have filed to remove conditions on their residence. The report discussed USCIS long delays in processing petitions to remove conditions on residence which …
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released new information on COVID-19 travel restrictions contained in four presidential proclamations affecting China, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Schengen Area, Brazil, South Africa, Iran and India. The proclamations bar U.S. admission for noncitizens who were in any of 33 specified countries in the 14 days preceding their entry …
USCIS has begun exercising case-by-case discretion in waiving in-person interviews for certain adjustment of status applicants. As background, on October 1, 2017, and onward, the prior administration began requiring that all adjustment of status applications based on employment be interviewed prior to adjudicating each application. By mid-2021, USCIS is exercising its discretion to waiver such …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that federal agents will now have limited power to make arrests in or near courthouses for most immigration violations. New guidance issued on April 27, 2021, specifies the circumstances in which agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) …
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report on April 9, 2021, discussing the citizenship and immigration status of the foreign-born population in the United States. Data from 2019 shows that nearly 45 million foreign-born individuals are living in the country, accounting for around 13.7 percent of the U.S. population. The report noted that the …